https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/ 2026-04-05T20:57:49+00:00 https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/ https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-02-23T07:58:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/other/hardware/network_switches/h3ctoa5120?rev=1740297498&do=diff Burning HPE Firmware on H3C switch The H3C Switch can be upgraded to use HP firmware for the A5120. While the switch (and firmware) are older, the switches can be picked up inexpensively and, with the addition of an HP A550/A5120-EI 2p 10-Gbe CX4 Module text/html 2025-02-23T07:21:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/other/hardware/network_switches/hp_procurve_tricks?rev=1740295282&do=diff HP Procurve Switches Tricks Find which port a particular machine is on (easy way) This has some problems if you can not install an lldp (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) package. lldpd is a daemon run on the machines attached to a switch which allows you to determine what they are. An associated client allows you to run a query from that machine to see who it is attached to. text/html 2025-02-23T07:23:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/other/hardware/network_switches/hpa5120?rev=1740295380&do=diff HP A5120 Network Switches These switches are not like the Procurves. They have a completely different language, and they do some things much, much better than Procurves, at least the older ones. And, they are a lot less expensive. Commands The A5120 does not use the same command set as the Procurve series. For example, when you first log in, use text/html 2025-02-23T07:19:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.linuxservertech.com/other/hardware/network_switches/start?rev=1740295186&do=diff Network Switches Just some notes on network switches