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Installation Guide HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 2
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 omissions contained herein. This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. No part of this document - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 3
About This Book This guide provides instructions for the installation of the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch. WARNING! Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or loss of life. CAUTION: Text set - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 4
iv About This Book ENWW - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 5
of contents 1 Introduction Switch Management ...1 Switch Configuration ...2 HP PC Blade Enclosure ...2 HP PC Blade Switch Interconnect Tray 3 Internal SNMP and Remote Monitoring 5 Switch Security ...5 Identifying Integrated Administrator Components 5 Switch Serviceability ...7 Virtual LAN ...7 - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 6
Baud-Rate [Option 5 27 Appendix A Feature Summary Switch Performance ...28 Switch Network Features ...28 Switch Deployment and Configuration 29 Switch Diagnostics and Monitoring ...30 Switch Security ...30 Switch Ports Per PC Blade Enclosure 30 Device Hardware Interfaces ...31 RJ-45 Ports ...31 - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 7
. The HP PC Blade enclosure includes a slot for an interconnect switch used to provide external Ethernet connectivity. The HP PC Blade Switch can provide up to a 41-to-1 reduction in network cables. This cable reduction significantly reduces the time required to deploy, manage, and service the CCI - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 8
of speed and duplex is supported. The PC Blade Switch includes the following Ethernet ports: HP PC Blade Enclosure The HP PC Blade Enclosure supports 20 HP Blade PCs, each with two embedded 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet network interface controllers. The primary or first NIC of each Blade PC supports - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 9
Ethernet "downlink" ports connecting the blade PC network adapter signals to the switch. The signals are routed as Ethernet from the blade PCs, across individual category 5e (CAT5e) specified signal traces on the passive center wall assembly of the HP PC Blade enclosure. One additional 10/100 Mbps - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 10
the HP Support Paq automated firmware process for Windows deployment stations. IP Addressing By default, the PC Blade Switch will automatically obtain an IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) server. Optionally, an administrator can manually - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 11
allowed to access the switch. ● Specify remote access method and set user interface idle time-out period. ● Configure port-based IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs for server grouping and data isolation. Identifying Integrated Administrator Components Each HP PC Blade Enclosure interconnect tray ships with - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 12
and speed on each Ethernet uplink (see HP PC Blade Switch tray external panel LEDs). An emergency enclosure shut-down feature is included in case of critical system temperature caused by the switch or other enclosure component. Figure 1-2 PC Blade Integrated Administrator external panel LED's and - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 13
802.1Q tagging. Therefore, PC Blade Switch VLANs may span other switches that support 802.1Q tagging located within the network infrastructure. Spanning Tree The switch meets the IEEE 802.1D spanning tree protocol (STP) to eliminate potential problems caused by redundant networking paths. Users can - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 14
. In this switch, when network topology allows, on the HP PC Blade Switch, MSTP-to support for more than two VLANs is needed. Upon receiving a spanning tree BPDU, the switch translates it to an MSTP BPDU and assigns it to the appropriate MST instance. Before transmitting an MSTP BPDU, the switch - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 15
Aggregated Links may be set up manually, or automatically by enabling LACP ( negotiation state, speed, etc. Each switch supports up to eight multi-port trunks with frames, placing load on both the network links and the host operating systems (as of Service The system enables various services for - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 16
device capable of supporting 20 HP PC Blades with redundant, hotplug power and cooling. The HP PC Blade Enclosure includes the HP PC Blade Switch interconnect tray that provides Ethernet connectivity for the HP Blade PCs. The HP PC Blade Switch provides up to a 41-to-1 reduction in network cables at - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 17
The switch and the IA have separate and independent IP addresses. The 20 PC blades, switch, and the IA altogether comprise a single chassis. A 42U rack may contain up to 14 chassis. ENWW Switch Serviceability 11 - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 18
Terminal keys (not Windows keys). NOTE: When using HyperTerminal with Microsoft Windows 2000, make sure that Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later is installed. With Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, the arrow keys function properly in HyperTerminal VT100 emulation. For more information about Windows 2000 - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 19
Installation Procedure The order of installation and configuration procedures is illustrated in the following figure. For the initial configuration, the standard device configuration is performed. Performing other functions is described later in this section. Figure 2-1 Installation Procedure ENWW - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 20
the PC Blade Switch The PC Blade Switch will power on automatically when one or more of the enclosure power supplies are plugged in. The assumed bootup information is as follows: ● The PC Blade Switch is delivered with a default configuration that differs from a typical distribution or edge switch - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 21
displayed at the end of POST (see the last lines) indicates that no problems were encountered during boot. During boot, the Startup menu can be used to continues decompressing and loading the firmware into RAM. After the PC Blade Switch boots successfully, a system prompt will be displayed. Before - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 22
IP address that has been allocated to the PC Blade Switch for it to be configured ● Network mask for the network ● Default gateway You can configure IP interfaces on each VLAN of the switch. After entering the configuration commands, HP recommends checking that a VLAN was configured with the - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 23
well as the format used to access the information over the network. Access rights to the SNMP agents are controlled by access strings and SNMP community strings. The PC Blade Switch is SNMP-compliant and contains an SNMP agent that supports a set of standard and private MIB variables. Developers of - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 24
configure the community-string, community-access, and IP address through the switch CLI during the initial configuration procedure. The SNMP configuration options are: During initial configuration, HP recommends that you configure the device according to network administrator requirements in - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 25
To configure SNMP station IP address and community string(s), perform the following: 1. At the console prompt, type Enable. The prompt is displayed as #. 2. Type configure and press Enter. 3. In configuration mode, type the SNMP configuration command with the parameters including community name ( - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 26
This completes the initial configuration of the PC Blade Switch from the CLI. The configured parameters Security Passwords Introduction You can configure the security passwords can be configured for the following services: ● Console ● Telnet ● SSH ● HTTP ● HTTPS NOTE: Passwords are user-defined - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 27
(config-line)# enable authentication default console(config-line)# password george When initially logging onto the PC Blade Switch through a console session, type george at the password prompt. When switching to Exec mode, type george at the password prompt. Configuring an Initial Telnet Password To - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 28
. For more information on key generation, please see the CLI guide. console(config)# crypto key generate dsa console(config)# exit Since this method uses the Default logon, a user name is not required. When initially logging onto the PC Blade Switch through an SSH session, type jones at the password - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 29
services require level 15 access and connect directly to the configuration level access. Software Download from a TFTP Server This section contains instructions for downloading switch which software version is currently running on the PC Blade Switch. The following is an example of the information - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 30
loaded when the device is powered on. To download a boot image to a TFTP server: 1. Ensure that an IP address is configured on one of the PC Blade Switch VLANs and the TFTP server can be pinged. 2. Ensure that the Boot Image file (rfb file) to download is saved on the TFTP server. 3. Type - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 31
software flash handling and password recovery. The diagnostics procedures are for use by technical support personnel only and are not disclosed in this document. You can also enter the Startup menu when booting the PC Blade Switch. To enter the Startup menu: 1. Turn the power on and watch for the - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 32
. For this reason, Diagnostics Mode is not described in this guide. Downloading Software [Option 1] This feature is not supported at this time. Erasing the Flash File [Option 2] In some cases, you must erase the PC Blade Switch configuration. If you erase the configuration, you must reconfigure all - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 33
applicable management methods. Enter Diagnostic Mode [Option 4] For Technical Support only. Set Terminal Baud-Rate [Option 5] To set the terminal Integrated Administrator's internal serial link to the PC Blade Switch. To do so, while logged into the PC Blade Switch via the IA console, press Ctrl + - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 34
support and ability to manually force port speed and duplex mode ● Auto-MDI/MDIX on all ports enabled with auto-negotiation ● 16K MAC addresses per switch with automatic MAC address learning ● ARP for IP to MAC address resolution Switch Network QoS with 8 classes of service mapped to 8 priority - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 35
capability Switch Deployment and Configuration ● Supports any combination of HP bc1000, bc1500, bc2000, and bc2500 Blade PCs and future compatible blade PCs ● Default pre-configuration for immediate plug-in operation in the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure ● Communicate to any and all blade network - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 36
switch Switch Ports Per PC Blade Enclosure ● Four external 10/100/1000T Gigabit Ethernet ports ● One external 10/100T Fast Ethernet port ● One external DB-9 serial port providing access to the Integrated Administrator ● 40 internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports to blade PC network adapters ● I2C Switch - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 37
procedure for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports support Auto MDIX. This technology allows attaching devices to to a PC) or an "uplink" connection (such as when connecting the port to a router, switch, or hub on the network. The GBIC port provides a link to a high-speed network or individual - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 38
shut down 5 enable show IP interface command 16 enclosure structure 2 enter diagnostic mode 27 erasing device configuration 26 flash file 26 Ethernet ports 2 external LEDs 5 ports 4 F features combo port 31 hardware interface 31 network 28 PC Blade Switch Tray 10 performance 10 RJ-45 ports 31 - HP BladeSystem bc2000 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 39
22 initial 21 recovery 27 SSH 21 Telnet 21 PC Blade Switch 2 PC Blade Switch Tray 10 performance 10 performance switch 28 port configuration 3 ENWW ports external 4 30 management 1 network features 28 performance 28 ports per enclosure 30 security 5, 30 serviceability 7 switch tray 10 system
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