After getting my eyes of a Cisco 2960 configured created by DEECD, I decided to replicate their config on our HP Procurve switches.
Connect to the switch via telnet or the serial console and enter config mode
switch# config
Set IP address gateway
ip default-gateway 10.136.236.1
Set hostname and contact details
switch(config)# hostname "2510_01"
2510_01(config)# snmp-server contact "tyrone.wyatt@gmail.com"
2510_01(config)# snmp-server location "Senior Campus, Server Room"
Set timezone and network time protocol details
2510_01(config)# timesync sntp
2510_01(config)# sntp server 10.10.20.69
2510_01(config)# sntp unicast
Set timezone offset from GMT in minutes
2510_01(config)# time timezone 600
Enable web management SSL and disable web management plaintext
2510_01(config)# crypto key generate cert 1024
2510_01(config)# crypto host-cert generate self-signed Validity start date [10/21/2012]: 10/21/2012 Validity end date [10/21/2013]: 10/21/2018 Common name [0.0.0.0]: 10.136.236.68 Organizational unit [Dept Name]: ICT Organization [Company Name]: XXXX College City or location [City]: XXXX State name [State]: VIC Country code [US]: AU
2510_01(config)# web-management ssl
2510_01(config)# no web-management plaintext
Enable SSH and disable telnet
2510_01(config)# crypto key generate ssh Installing new RSA key. If the key/entropy cache is depleted, this could take up to a minute.
Enable SSH version 2 if supported
2510_01(config)# ip ssh version 2
Enable SSH version 1 if version 2 isn’t supported
2510_01(config)# ip ssh
2510_01(config)# no telnet-server
Set username and passwords
2510_01(config)# password manager user-name admin
2510_01(config)# password operator user-name monitor
Set banner
2510_01(config)# banner motd % ####################################################################### # Authorised Users Only # # The information on this computer and network is the property of # # <COMPANY NAME> and is protected by intellectual property # # rights. You must be assigned an account on this computer to # # access the information and are only allowed to access information as # # defined by the System Administrator(s). Your activities are # # monitored for security reasons. # ######################################################################## %
Set name for interface/s
interface B1-B6 name " "
Save and view the configuration
2510_01(config)# write memory
2510_01(config)# show run
References
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01868095/c01868095.pdf
http://www.rienbroekstra.nl/?q=node/18
http://linuxman.wikispaces.com/HP+ProCurve+E-series+setup