HP cli basics

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Connect and use CLI

Connect to HP switch CLI

To connect to HP switch over CLI, use:

   ssh admin@IP or admin1@IP

based on whether username is set as admin or admin1.

Shift backspace to delete characters

Instead of backspace use shift backspace to delete characters

Come directly to top

To change directly to top use Ctrl+Z

Look at existing configuration

See port number for given MAC address using mac address table (CAM table)

To see port number for given MAC address using mac address table (CAM table):

   display mac-address AAAA-BBBB-CCCC

See port configuration

To see configuration for an interface:

   display current interface Gig 1/0/34 

See current configuration

To see current configuration (Similar to running-config in Cisco/Dell) use:

display current-configuration

See VLAN information

To see vlan information use:

display vlan brief

See routing table

To see route use:

display ip routing-table

Change configuration

Switch to system-view similar to enable mode

To get system-view similar to enable mode use:

   system-view

To change interface configuration

To change interface configuration use:

   interface Gig 1/0/34
   shut

Note that any any point we can reset interface back to default settings using:

default

Add new static route

To add a new static route use below example:

ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.7.5

To quit from switch completely

To quit from switch use:

   quit
   quit

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