ProCurve 5300xl Specifications download pdf (Page 30)

sFlow Support

ProCurve 5300xl Switch Series implements a standard based sFlow agent (RFC 3176) for

enhanced traffic analysis, and provide a network-wide view of traffic patterns which helps

predict traffic congestion and allows the user to plan for future upgrades. When used with

network management application like ProCurve Manager Plus, user can monitor overall traffic

levels, network segments with the highest traffic, or even the top users within a network

segment.

Console Support

Out-of-band management of the ProCurve 5300xl Switch Series can be done through the RS-

232 console port via a directly connected terminal emulator. The console interface provides

three ways to configure the switch:

• Setup – provides a quick, simple one screen menu to set up the switch for items such as IP

address, time protocol method, community name, spanning tree, etc. without having to use

the command line interface. Particularly useful for getting an IP address into the switch so

that additional configuration can be done through the browser GUI.

• Menu – provides easy menu style configuration and monitoring of the major areas of the

switch. Many switch configurations can be entirely done through the menu system without

any real knowledge of the command line interface.

• CLI (command line interface) – provides configuration and monitoring access to every

function on the switch.

The console interface is also available in-band through the network via the telnet service.

The RS-232 port of the switch speed senses the RS-232 port on the terminal/PC interface up to

115,200 baud. Modems are also supported through the RS-232 port using a straight through

cable.

Alert Log

The ProCurve 5300xl Switch Series, like most other switches in the ProCurve line, look for the

following common port-based network problems:

• Too many undersized/giant packets • Excessive jabbering

• Excessive CRC/alignment errors • Excessive late collisions

• High collision or drop rate • Excessive broadcasts

• Loss of link

When any of these conditions are detected on a switch port, the ProCurve 5300xl Switch Series

informs the network manager through:

• The browser-based GUI interface (Alert Log on the switch status page). The GUI interface will

also provide some suggested remedies for these problems when the user double-clicks on the

alert in the list.

• An SNMP trap sent to the net management application(s) address(es) configured on the

switch

This alert feature can save a lot of troubleshooting time, particularly in small network

environments that may not be continuously running a network management application. Many

of these detected problems tend to be intermittent and thus difficult to troubleshoot. Having a

readily available port specific alert log, with time stamps and possible problem remedies, can

speed up troubleshooting resolution, particularly for a very part-time network manager.

In larger environments, proactive messages sent to the net management station speeds

detection and can lower troubleshooting time, as alarm thresholds do not have to be set

specifically in the net management application to capture these problems.

SysLog Capabilities

As described in the previous section, local logging is a feature well suited for a small network.

When a network becomes much larger than a few switches, having to go to each individual

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