HP (Hewlett-Packard) 6120 User manual

August 2009

ProCurve Series 6120 Switches

Advanced Traffic Management Guide

Hewlett-Packard Company

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August 2009

Applicable Products

HP ProCurve Switch 6120G/XG (498358-B21)

HP ProCurve Switch 6120XG (516733-B21)

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Contents

Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Software Feature Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

1 Getting Started

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Screen Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Configuration and Operation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Sources for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Getting Documentation From the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Need Only a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

2 Static Virtual LANs (VLANs)

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

General VLAN Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Types of Static VLANs Available in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Port-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Protocol-Based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Designated VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Static VLAN Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

VLAN Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

VLAN Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Overlapping (Tagged) VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Per-Port Static VLAN Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

VLAN Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

General Steps for Using VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Multiple VLAN Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Single Forwarding Database Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Example of an Unsupported Configuration and How To Correct It 2-19

Multiple Forwarding Database Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Configuring VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Menu: Configuring Port-Based VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

To Change VLAN Support Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Adding or Editing VLAN Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Adding or Changing a VLAN Port Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

CLI: Configuring Port-Based and Protocol-Based VLAN Parameters 2-27

Web: Viewing and Configuring VLAN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39

802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40

Special VLAN Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

VLAN Support and the Default VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

The Primary VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

The Secure Management VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46

Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49

Using DHCP to Obtain an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50

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Deleting the Management VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53

Operating Notes for Management VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53

Voice VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54

Operating Rules for Voice VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54

Components of Voice VLAN Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

Voice VLAN Access Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

Effect of VLANs on Other Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

Spanning Tree Operation with VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

IP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

VLAN MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

Port Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

Jumbo Packet Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57

VLAN Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57

3 GVRP

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Per-Port Options for Handling GVRP “Unknown VLANs” . . . . . . . . 3-7

Per-Port Options for Dynamic VLAN Advertising and Joining . . . . 3-9

GVRP and VLAN Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Advertisements and Dynamic Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Port-Leave From a Dynamic VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Planning for GVRP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Configuring GVRP On a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Menu: Viewing and Configuring GVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

CLI: Viewing and Configuring GVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Web: Viewing and Configuring GVRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

GVRP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

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4 Multiple Instance Spanning-Tree Operation

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

MSTP Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

How MSTP Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

MST Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Regions, Legacy STP and RSTP Switches, and the

Common Spanning Tree (CST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

MSTP Operation with 802.1Q VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

MSTP Compatibility with RSTP or STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Configuring MSTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Planning an MSTP Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

MSTP Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Configuring MSTP Operation Mode and Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

Configuring MSTP Per-Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

Configuring Per Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

Configuring BPDU Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30

Configuring BPDU Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31

Configuring MST Instance Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35

Configuring MST Instance Per-Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37

Enabling or Disabling Spanning Tree Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40

Enabling an Entire MST Region at Once or

Exchanging One Region Configuration for Another . . . . . . . . . . 4-40

MSTP VLAN Configuration Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42

PreConfiguring VLANs in an MST Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43

Configuring MSTP Instances with the VLAN Range Option . . . . 4-44

Operating Notes for the VLAN Configuration Enhancement . . . 4-46

How to Save Your Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47

Displaying MSTP Statistics and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49

Displaying Global MSTP Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50

Displaying Detailed Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52

Displaying Status for a Specific MST Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53

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Displaying the MSTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54

Troubleshooting an MSTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58

Displaying the Change History of Root Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58

Displaying Debug Counters for All MST Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61

Displaying Debug Counters for One MST Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62

Displaying Debug Counters for Ports in an MST Instance . . . . . . . . . 4-64

Field Descriptions in MSTP Debug Command Output . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66

Troubleshooting MSTP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69

Loop Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70

Configuring Loop Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71

Viewing Loop Protection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72

5 Quality of Service (QoS): Managing Bandwidth More

Effectively

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Classifiers for Prioritizing Outbound Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Packet Classifiers and Evaluation Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Preparation for Configuring QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Preserving 802.1p Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Steps for Configuring QoS on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Viewing the QoS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

No Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Using QoS Classifiers to Configure

Quality of Service for Outbound Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

QoS IP Type-of-Service (ToS) Policy and Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Assigning an 802.1p Priority to IPv4 Packets on the Basis

of the ToS Precedence Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Assigning an 802.1p Priority to IPv4 Packets on the

Basis of Incoming DSCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Assigning a DSCP Policy on the Basis of the DSCP in IPv4

Packets Received from Upstream Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Details of QoS IP Type-of-Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

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QoS Source-Port Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

Assigning a Priority Based on Source-Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

Assigning a DSCP Policy Based on the Source-Port . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP) Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33

Default Priority Settings for Selected Codepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34

Quickly Listing Non-Default Codepoint Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34

Notes on Changing a Priority Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

Error Messages caused by DSCP Policy Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

Example of Changing the Priority Setting on a Policy

When One or More Classifiers Are Currently Using the Policy . 5-37

QoS Queue Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40

QoS Operating Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

IP Multicast (IGMP) Interaction with QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43

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Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set

Note For the latest version of switch documentation, please visit any of the follow-

ing websites:

www.procurve.com/manuals

www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation

h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-installing.html

Printed Publications

The publication listed below is printed and shipped with your switch. The

latest version is also available in PDF format, as described in the Note at the

top of this page.

■ Quick Installation Card—Explains how to prepare for and perform the

physical installation and connect the switch to your network.

Electronic Publications

The latest version of each of the publications listed below is available in PDF

format on the ProCurve Web site, as described in the Note at the top of this

page.

■ Installation and Getting Started Guide—Describes how to install hard-

ware, and get started using the switch.

■ Management and Configuration Guide—Describes how to configure,

manage, and monitor basic switch operation.

■ Advanced Traffic Management Guide—Explains how to configure traffic

management features such as VLANs, MSTP, and QoS.

■ Multicast and Routing Guide—Explains how to configure IGMP fea-

tures.

■ Access Security Guide—Explains how to configure access security fea-

tures and user authentication on the switch.

■ IPv6 Configuration Guide—Describes the IPv6 protocol operations that

are supported on the switch.

■ Release Notes—Describe new features, fixes, and enhancements that

become available between revisions of the main product guide.

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Software Feature Index

This feature index indicates which manual to consult for information on a

given software feature.

Note This Index does not cover IPv6 capable software features. For information on

IPv6 protocol operations and features (such as DHCPv6, DNS for IPv6, and

Ping6), refer to the IPv6 Configuration Guide.

Intelligent Edge Software Features. These features are automatically

included on all switches.

Intelligent Edge Software

Features

Manual

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

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802.1Q VLAN Tagging X

802.1X Multiple Authenticated Clients Per Port X

AAA Authentication X

Authorized IP Managers X

Authorized Manager List (Web, Telnet, TFTP) X

Auto MDIX Configuration X

BOOTP X

Config File X

Console Access X

Copy Command X

CoS (Class of Service) X

Debug X

DHCP Configuration X

DHCP/Bootp Operation X

Diagnostic Tools X

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Downloading Software X

Event Log X

Factory Default Settings X

Flow Control (802.3x) X

File Transfers X

Friendly Port Names X

GVRP X

Identity-Driven Management (IDM) X

IGMP X

Interface Access (Telnet, Console/Serial, Web) X

IP Addressing X

Jumbo Packets X

LACP X

LLDP X

LLDP-MED X

Loop Protection X

MAC Address Management X

MAC Lockdown X

MAC Lockout X

MAC-based Authentication X

Monitoring and Analysis X

Network Management Applications (SNMP) X

Passwords and Password Clear Protection X

ProCurve Manager (PCM) X

Ping X

Port Configuration X

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Port Monitoring X

Port Security X

Port Status X

Port Trunking (LACP) X

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X) X

Protocol VLANS X

Quality of Service (QoS) X

RADIUS Authentication and Accounting X

RADIUS-Based Configuration X

RMON 1,2,3,9 X

Secure Copy X

SFTP X

SNMPv3 X

Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFPT, Xmodem) X

Source-Port Filters X

Spanning Tree (STP, RSTP, MSTP) X

SSHv2 (Secure Shell) Encryption X

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) X

Syslog X

System Information X

TACACS+ Authentication X

Telnet Access X

TFTP X

Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP) X

Troubleshooting X

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) X

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VLANs X

Web Authentication RADIUS Support X

Web-based Authentication X

Web UI X

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Getting Started

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2