HP4000M - configuration - Revision history

Per Jessen: /* Updating configuration from file */

2012-08-07T06:28:49Z

‎Updating configuration from file

2012-08-07T06:28:39Z

‎Retrieving the configuration file

2012-08-07T06:28:10Z

2012-08-07T06:27:03Z

‎Retrieving the configuration file

2012-08-07T06:24:49Z

‎Download configuration file

2012-08-07T06:17:37Z

2012-08-07T06:17:04Z

2012-08-07T06:15:59Z

‎Download configuration file

2012-08-07T06:15:25Z

‎Upgrading firmware

2012-08-07T06:14:38Z

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 <li>Choose "Diagnostics"</li>
 <li>Choose "Command prompt"</li>
-<li>Enter: "get <tftp-server> CONFIG <tftpdir>/hp4000m/switch.config</li>
+<li>Enter "get <tftp-server> CONFIG <tftpdir>/hp4000m/switch.config</li>
 </ol>

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 <li>Choose "Diagnostics"</li>
 <li>Choose "Command prompt"</li>
-<li>Enter: "put <tftp-server> CONFIG <tftpdir>/hp4000m/switch.config</li>
+<li>Enter "put <tftp-server> CONFIG <tftpdir>/hp4000m/switch.config</li>
 </ol>

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 In August 2012 I acquired a number of HP4000M switches - these are really quite elderly 100Mbit switches.
-When 1Gbit/s is typical in even SOHO desktop switches, 100Mbit/s is hardly an impressive speed today, but for me it is sufficient. More importantly, the switches come with a complete set of professional management features (SNMP, VLANs, monitoring, filtering), which is perfect for my purposes.
+When 1Gbit/s is typical in even SOHO desktop switches, 100Mbit/s is hardly an impressive speed, but for me it is sufficient. More importantly, the switches come with a complete set of professional management features (SNMP, VLANs, monitoring, filtering), which is perfect for my purposes.
 When I started configuring them, I went to look for a way to download the configuration file (as a backup)

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 <li>Choose "Command prompt"</li>
 <li>Enter: "put <tftp-server> CONFIG <tftpdir>/hp4000m/switch.config</li>
 </ol>

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 it wasn't exactly well documented.
-==Download configuration file==
+==Retrieving the configuration file==
 The HP4000m uses TFTP so you will need a TFTP-server on your network. How to set up a TFTP server is outside the scope of this article.
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	<li>Hit eXecute</li>		<li>Hit eXecute</li>
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		+	The server will automatically reboot with the new firmware.

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 When I started configuring them, I went to look for a way to download the configuration file (as a backup)
-as well as a way to upload a new one (mass changes are easier done with an editor).  Google did eventually lead me to summary procedure, but
+as well as a way to upload a new one (mass changes are easier done with an editor).  Google did eventually lead me to some information, but
 it wasn't exactly well documented.
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 The HP4000m uses TFTP so you will need a TFTP-server on your network. How to set up a TFTP server is outside the scope of this article.
 Because the file transfer must be initiated from the switch, it looks more like a file upload. I prefer to think of the switch as the target or the client, hence I think of this as downloading the config file. Apologies if that sounds confusing.
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 First of all, retrieve the lastest firmware from the HP support website.  At the moment, the latest version is C.09.30. The zip archive contains two
-file - release note and the firmware file.
+file - release note and the firmware file. I extracted the C-09_30.swi file into <tt><tftpdir>/hp4000m/</tt>.