Cisco Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module (CGESM) for HP

If you are not using the default method of authentication (the enable password), you need to 
configure the HTTP server interface with the method of authentication used on the switch

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the HTTP server interface:

The device manager uses the HTTP protocol (the default is port 80) and the default method of 
authentication (the enable password) to communicate with the switch through any of its Ethernet 
ports and to allow switch management from a standard web browser. 

If you change the HTTP port, you must include the new port number when you enter the IP address 
in the browser Location or Address field (for example, http://10.1.126.45:184 where 184 is the new 
HTTP port number). You should write down the port number through which you are connected. Use 
care when changing the switch IP information.

If you use Internet Explorer Version 5.5 and select a URL with a nonstandard port at the end of the 
address (for example, www.cisco.com:84), you must enter http:// as the URL prefix. Otherwise, you 
cannot launch the device manager.

All VLAN interfaces have assigned MAC addresses that are derived from the base MAC address. The 
base MAC address is the hardware address that is on the switch label. It also appears when you enter the 
show version privileged EXEC command. 

On the first VLAN interface (VLAN 1), the MAC address is the base MAC address + 0 x 40. On the next 
VLAN interface that you configure, the MAC address is the base MAC address + 0 x 40 +1, and so on 
for other VLAN interfaces. 

You can enter the show interfaces vlan vlan-id privileged EXEC command to show the MAC and 
IP addresses. The MAC addresses that appear in the show interfaces vlan vlan-id command output are 
not the same as the MAC address that is printed on the switch label (the base MAC address). 

By default, VLAN 1 is the interface that connects to the management network. When the switch boots 
up, the DHCP client (switch) requests an IP address from a DHCP server by using the MAC address of 
VLAN 1. 

Enter global configuration mode.

ip http authentication {aaa | enable | 
local}

Configure the HTTP server interface for the type of authentication that 
you want to use.

aaa—Enable the authentication, authorization, and accounting feature. 
You must enter the aaa new-model interface configuration command 
for the aaa keyword to appear.

enable—Enable password, which is the default method of HTTP 
server user authentication, is used.

local—Local user database, as defined on the Cisco router or access 
server, is used.

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Verify your entries.