The old Procurve switch line is very long in the tooth, but I run across them all the time. In this case its a 2520 switch that is in very bad need a of a firmware upgrade. I will detail where to go to get the firmware, and how to use TFTP to upload it. In my case, the web interface is having all kinds of java issues, and TFTP is just easier.
First lets get the software – it can be found at :
https://h10145.www1.hpe.com/support/SupportLookUp.aspx
Next, I download the firmware for the J9299A, and it seems the latest is from 2016. I download it, put it on my TFTP server which has full network connectivity to the switch.
SSH to the switch, and run these commands
If you get the error ” SFTP must be disabled before enabling tftp. ” you will need to run the “no ip ssh filetransfer” command first before enabling tftp client.
config t
no ip ssh filetransfer — This allows TFTP, if you enable this, and use SCP or SFTP then no need for TFTP
tftp client
exit
copy tftp flash 10.10.16.5 J_15_09_0028.swi primary
It will then write this to the primary flash. Next I will tell it to boot this firmware.
boot system flash primary – Now it will reboot with the latest firmware
AH-POE-Top# show ver
Image stamp:
/ws/swbuildm/J_rel_hartford_qaoff/code/build/walle(J_rel_hartford_qaoff)
Aug 23 2016 08:57:14
J.15.09.0028
1791
Boot Image: Primary
Thought this might be useful for anyone who needs to make a lot of changes quickly to many vlans. In ICX vlans, and vlan interfaces (routing interfaces) are different. In this example I will show how to quickly edit each vlan in a range and modify STP settings.
Sacred-CORE#show vlan brief
System-max vlan Params: Max(4095) Default(1024) Current(1024)
Default vlan Id :999
Total Number of Vlan Configured :29
VLANs Configured :2 32 50 to 51 128 132 136 138 140 142 144 146 150 152 154 156 160 162 164 220 224 240 250 255 324 332 350 500 999
As you can see we have a lot of Vlans, so lets modify the STP settings for all of them. I will just copy the vlans listed above and basically paste them in since I want to modify all vlans.
Sacred-CORE#config t
Sacred-CORE(config)#vlan 2 32 50 to 51 128 132 136 138 140 142 144 146 150 152 154 156 160 162 164 220 224 240 250 255 324 332 350 500
Sacred-CORE(config-mvlan-2*500)#spanning-tree 802-1w
Sacred-CORE(config-mvlan-2*500)#spanning-tree 802-1w priority 4096
Sacred-CORE(config-mvlan-2*500)#
Bam! now we have modifed the setting for all vlans. The syntax of the command is
vlan X X X X – so lets do vlan 2, 128 and 136
vlan 2 128 136 — thats it.
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