topic Re: View Switch type in command line in HPE Aruba Networking & ProVision-based

View Switch type in command line

Aaatsu — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:53:23 GMT

Hi,

I work at a company with a large number of different types of HP switches. And we have now decided to change the banner message at the prompt from the default one.

Sometimes when I am administering, I would want to check what type of switch I am working on (eg: 2650, 5406zl,). Is there any command from the CLI that will display this information directly? Iknow how to display system information, but this does only display the serial number for the device.

Thank you!

Re: View Switch type in command line

Richard Litchfield — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:35:26 GMT

Try this command:

show modules details

The one below tells you the firmware code which by extension tells you the model number ;-)

Show version

Re: View Switch type in command line

HP-Browniee — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:37:33 GMT

And what about the command show version?

Re: View Switch type in command line

Aaatsu — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:49 GMT

The Show Modules command does not work.
Show version does not give me the information I need.

I am starting to think that there are no way of actually finding what kind of device youre working on in an easy way..

Re: View Switch type in command line

KurtVWa — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:59:02 GMT

Show run command gives you the produktnumber on one of the first lines of the output

Re: View Switch type in command line

Aaatsu — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 09:29:27 GMT

Yes, Thank you. That way we can google the product number and find the switch type.

But, I was wondering if there are no way to display it directly, like it is displayed in the standard banner.

Re: View Switch type in command line

AbeAbe — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:59:14 GMT

Hi,
You can with snmp....

On the CLI try:
Getsnmp sysDescr.0

You get the productnumber the software and... the name of the product

HTH
Alex

Re: View Switch type in command line

Aaatsu — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:46:52 GMT

Thanks,

But that command does not seem to work on any of our switches unfortunately.

Re: View Switch type in command line

AbeAbe — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:58:13 GMT

Ok.. i testet and as i always wrote get sysdecr.0 I thought it would be getsnmp but it is getmib. So please try

Getmib sysDescr.0

HTH
Alex

Re: View Switch type in command line

Aaatsu — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:00:53 GMT

Voila! There it is!
Thank you very much, this was exactly what I was looking for.

Have a nice day!

Re: View Switch type in command line

pavan_redknee — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 04:57:10 GMT

for me both "show modules" and "show modules details" are working

dasw1# show modules

Status and Counters - Module Information

Chassis: 5412zl J8698A! Serial Number: Confidential Info Erased
Allow V1 Modules: Yes

Management Module: J8726A Serial Number: --- Core Dump: YES

Core Mod
Slot Module Description Serial Number Status Dump Ver
---- -------------------------------------- -------------- -------- ----- ---
A HP J9309A 4p 10-GbE SFP+ zl Module -- Up NO 1
B HP J9534A 24p Gig-T PoE+ v2 zl Module -- Up YES 2
C HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
D HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
E HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
F HP J8702A 24p Gig-T zl Module -- Up NO 1
G HP J8705A Gig-T/SFP zl Module -- Up NO 1
H HP J9534A 24p Gig-T PoE+ v2 zl Module -- Up YES 2

dasw1#

Re: View Switch type in command line

Aaatsu — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:32:24 GMT

Yes, those are good if you have a module switch and you need to know the info about the different modules.

"getmib sysdescr.0" was indeed what I was looking for.

Re: View Switch type in command line

Rookie_B — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:16:51 GMT

show lldp info local

If your switch supports piping it you can filiter the output (case sensitive):

show lldp info local | inc System Description

show lldp info local | inc J

Cheers!

Re: View Switch type in command line

alykov — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:09:25 GMT

show tech components | incl Product