HP 6125XLG HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Installation Guide

HP 6125XLG Manual

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    HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Installation Guide Part number: 5998-3713 Document version: 6W101-20131112
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    , or use of this material. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or
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    member switches 13 Configuring basic IRF settings 13 Connecting the physical IRF ports 14 Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration 14 Troubleshooting 15 Troubleshooting methods 15 Software failures 15 No terminal display 15 Garbled terminal display 15 Configuration problems 16
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    Console port 23 SFP+ port 24 QSFP+ port 25 Cables 26 Fiber connector 26 SFP+ cable 27 QSFP+ cable 27 QSFP+ to SFP+ cable 28 Index 29 ii
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    and Installation Guide. IMPORTANT: For regulatory identification purposes, the HP 6125XLG Blade Switch is assigned a regulatory model number (RMN) HSTNS-BC59-N. This regulatory number should not be confused with the marketing name HP 6125XLG. Preparing for installation WARNING! • The blade switches
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    LED is green after the blade switch starts up. Otherwise, check the installation. 8. Choose proper cables to connect to the ports on the blade switch. For more information about ports, see "Ports." For more information about cable installation, see "Connecting the blade switch to the network." 2
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    the transceiver module, see Pluggable SFP[SFP+][XFP] Transceiver Modules Installation Guide and Pluggable QSFP+ Transceiver Modules/Cables Installation Guide. To install a transceiver module into the port on the blade switch and the peer device: 1. Remove the dust cover of the fiber connector
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    . For more information about LED status, see "LEDs." After you connect the blade switch to the network, use the ping or tracert command to test network connectivity. For more information about these two commands, see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Network Management and Monitoring Command Reference. 4
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    slot number of the blade switch. 6. Press Enter. When the command line prompt appears, you can configure the switch. For more information about the configuration, see "Configuring the blade switch." Logging in through the console port When you access the blade switch through the console port, you
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    port to a terminal Setting terminal parameters To configure and manage the blade switch , you must run a terminal emulator program on the console terminal, for example, a PC. This section uses Windows XP HyperTerminal as an example. If you use Windows 7, download
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    3. Select the serial port to be used from the Connect using list, and click OK. Figure 8 Setting the serial port used by the HyperTerminal connection 4. Set Bits per second to 9600, Data bits to 8, Parity to None, Stop bits to 1, and Flow control to None, and click OK, or click Restore Defaults. 7
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    Figure 9 Setting the serial port parameters 5. Select File > Properties in the HyperTerminal window. Figure 10 HyperTerminal window 6. On the Settings tab, set the emulation to VT100, and click OK. 8
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    You can configure authentication on a user interface to control access to the switch. Table 1 describes the Telnet login authentication methods available for a VTY user interface. For more information about login authentication methods, see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Configuration Guide. 9
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    An HP 6125XLG blade switch without any configuration will continuously attempt to obtain an IP address via DHCP and then download a configuration file based on DHCP options 67 and 150. To use the auto-configuration feature, see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Configuration Guide. The switch can
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    address 192.168.0.1 24 [Sysname-Vlan-interface1] quit 2. Configure a static route: # Configure a static route, with the destination IP address 172.16.1.0 Sysname] ip route-static 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.2 3. Configure a VLAN: # Create VLAN 10 and enter its view. [Sysname] vlan 10
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    , see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch IRF Configuration Guide. Determine which switch you want to use as the master for managing all member switches in the IRF fabric. An IRF fabric has only one master switch. You configure and manage all member switches in the IRF fabric at the command line interface
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    10. Configuring basic IRF settings After you install the IRF member blade switches, power on the blade switches, and log in to each IRF member blade switch (see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Configuration Guide) to configure their member IDs, member priorities, and IRF port bindings. For
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    fabric from the network management station. (See HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Configuration Guide.) 4. Verify that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node. 5. Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in Table 2. Table 2 Displaying and maintaining
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    Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide. NOTE: If you cannot locate failures by following the guidelines in this chapter, contact HP Support. Software failures If the configuration environment setup is correct, the configuration terminal displays boot information when the blade switch is powered on
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    Blade Switch Configuration Guides and HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Command References. Software upgrade failure HP recommends that you keep your software up-to-date. Periodically check the product webpage for available updates. To locate the software upgrade failure, verify that: 1. Physical ports
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    enclosure, you can install the blade switch into it to check the operating state. 5. If the failure still exists, contact HP Support. Interface failure If the LED of an interface connected to the network is off, the interface or the connecting cable may fail. To troubleshoot the interface: 1. Verify
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    Acronyms. Websites • HP.com http://www.hp.com • HP Networking http://www.hp.com/go/networking • HP manuals http://www.hp.com/support/manuals • HP download drivers and software http://www.hp.com/support/downloads • HP software depot http://www.software.hp.com • HP Education http://www.hp.com/learn 18
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    Command conventions Convention Boldface Italic [ ] { x | y | ... } [ x | y | ... ] { x | y | ... } * [ x | y | ... ] * & # Description Bold text represents commands bold text. For example, the New User window appears; click OK. Multi-level or damage to hardware or software. An alert that calls
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    wired-WLAN switch. Represents an access point. Represents a security product, such as a firewall, a UTM, or a load-balancing or security card that is installed in a device. Represents a security card, such as a firewall card, a load-balancing card, or a NetStream card. Port numbering in examples
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    -GE port, connecting to the server blade Ethernet ports Internal cross connect port (on the rear panel) External upstream ports (on the front panel) 4 × 10-GE port, connecting to the adjacent blade switch • 4 × QSFP+ port, connecting to network devices or other blade switches to form an IRF fabric
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    (5) Release tab (7) Reset button (9) Port LED (6) SFP+ port (8) Console port NOTE: The Reset button is recessed in the device. To push the Reset button, use a thin, elongated object, such as a pencil. 22
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    present on the port. Ports Console port Every HP 6125XLG blade switch has one console port on its front panel. Table 5 Console port specifications Item Connector type Compliant standard Transmission baud rate Services Specification RJ-45 EIA/TIA-232 9600 bps (default) to 115200 bps • Provides
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    SFP+ port An HP 6125XLG has eight SFP+ ports. They accept supported SFP transceiver modules, SFP+ modules, or SFP+ cables. Table 6 1000 Mbps SFP transceiver modules Product code Module description Central Fiber wavelength diameter (nm) (μm) JD118B HP X120 1G SFP LC SX Transceiver 850 50/
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    the transceiver module and cable specifications, see Pluggable SFP[SFP+][XFP] Transceiver Modules Installation Guide. QSFP+ port The HP 6125XLG supports QSFP+ modules and QSFP+ cables on the QSFP+ ports. Table 9 QSFP+ transceiver modules Product Code Module description Central wavelength Fiber
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    blade switch are subject to change over time. For the most up-to-date list of transceiver modules and cables, consult your HP sales representative or technical support engineer. • For the transceiver module and cable specifications, see Pluggable QSFP+ Transceiver Modules/Cables Installation Guide
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    Figure 16 MPO connector Figure 17 LC connector SFP+ cable You can use SFP+ cables to connect the SFP+ ports. The SFP+ cables available for the switch series are 10 G SFP+ Cu cables, as shown in Figure 18. Figure 18 SFP+ cable (1) Connector (2) Pull latch QSFP+ cable You can use QSFP+ cables
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    Figure 19 QSFP+ cable (1) Connector (2) Pull latch QSFP+ to SFP+ cable A QSFP+ to SFP+ cable is a cable with one QSFP+ module at one end and four SFP+ modules at the other end. Figure 20 QSFP+ to SFP+ cable (1) QSFP+ connector (3) SFP+ connector (2) QSFP+ pull latch (4) SFP+ pull latch 28
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    ,14 C Cables,26 Configuring basic IRF settings,13 Configuring the blade switch,9 Connecting the blade switch to the network,3 Connecting the physical IRF ports,14 Contacting HP,18 Conventions,19 F Front view,21 H Hardware failures,16 I Installing and removing the blade switch,1 Interface failure,17
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HP 6125XLG Blade Switch
Installation Guide
Part number: 5998-3713
Document version: 6W101-20131112