Installation and Getting Started Guide
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Terminology
The following table defines basic product terms used in this guide.
Related Publications
The following product documentation is available for your HP Routing Switch:
•
HP ProCurve Quick Start Guide –
a printed guide you can use as an easy reference to the installation and
product safety information needed for out-of-box setup, plus the general product safety and EMC regulatory
statements of which you should be aware when installing and using a Routing Switch.
•
HP ProCurve Installation and Getting Started Guide –
an electronic (PDF) guide containing product safety
and EMC regulatory statements as well as installation and basic configuration information. This guide is
included on the CD shipped with your HP product, and is also available on the HP ProCurve website.
•
HP ProCurve Advanced Configuration and Management Guide
– contains advanced configuration
information for routing protocols and Quality of Service (QoS). In addition, appendixes in this guide contain
reference information for network monitoring, policies and filters, and software and hardware specifications.
This guide is included in a PDF (Portable Document Format) file on the CD shipped with your HP product, and
also on the HP ProCurve website.
•
HP ProCurve Command Line Interface Reference
– provides a dictionary of CLI commands and syntax. An
electronic copy of this reference is included in PDF format on the CD shipped with your HP product, and is
also available on the HP ProCurve website.
•
HP ProCurve Security Guide
– provides procedures for securing management access to HP devices and for
protecting against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. An electronic copy of this guide is included in PDF format
on the CD shipped with your HP product, and is also available on the HP ProCurve website.
•
Documentation CD for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M, 9308M, and 9315M
—This CD contains
PDF files of the HP ProCurve manuals and provides a method for electronically searching either individual
chapters or an entire manual for specific topics. For a brief description of the CD contents and how to use the
CD to save time, do the following:
1 Insert the CD in your PC's CD-ROM drive.
2 Using the file manager in your PC, select the drive containing the CD and display the CD's directory.
3 Use a compatible text editor to display the README.txt file in the CD's root directory.
• Manual Supplement – These documents are included with your HP device if the software shipped with the
device includes feature upgrades that were added after the last revision of the manual. They are also included
with software upgrades when available on the World Wide Web. To check for the latest software version, go to
Table 1.1: Product Terms
Term Definition
chassis
or
Chassis device
A Switch or Routing Switch that accepts optional modules or power supplies.
The HP 9315M, HP 9304M, and HP 9308M Routing Switches are Chassis
devices.
Routing Switch
or
router
A Layer 2 and Layer 3 device that switches and routes network traffic. The
term
router
is sometimes used in this document in descriptions of a Routing
Switch’s Layer 3 routing protocol features.
Switch A Layer 2 device that switches network traffic.
HP9300 An example Command Line Interface (CLI) prompt. Actual prompts show
the product number for the device, such as HP9300.
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