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Installation Guide HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 2
of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | 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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 4
iv About This Book ENWW - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 5
Introduction Switch Management ...1 Switch Configuration ...2 HP PC Blade Enclosure ...2 HP PC Blade Switch Interconnect Tray 3 Internal Ports ...3 External Switch Security ...5 Identifying Integrated Administrator Components 5 Switch Serviceability ...7 Virtual LAN ...7 Spanning Tree ...7 MSTP-to - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 6
Console Password 21 Configuring an Initial Telnet Password 21 Configuring an Initial SSH Password 21 Configuring an Initial HTTP Password 22 Configuring an Initial HTTPS Password 22 Software Download from a TFTP Server 23 System Image Download 23 Switch Ports Per PC Blade Enclosure 30 Device - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 7
HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure supporting 20 HP Blade PCs and redundant, hot-plug power and cooling. The HP BladeSystem PC Blade enclosure with 20 HP blade PCs to deploy, manage, and service the CCI solution. This Installation Guide describes the HP PC Blade Switch configuration and is intended - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 8
Fast Ethernet port ideal for optional out-of-band system management, but can be used as an additional data uplink 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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 9
band Integrated Administrator management designated as port 42 Integrated Administrator console connector, DB-9 Serial (uses an RS-232 Null modem Ports The HP PC Blade Switch includes 40 pre-assigned, embedded 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet "downlink" ports connecting the blade PC network adapter signals - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | 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 bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 11
password switcha. ● Remotely using a console Telnet or SSH session (if configured). SNMP and Remote Monitoring The switch supports industry-standard SNMP management information bases (MIBs), HP server grouping and data isolation. Identifying Integrated Administrator Components Each HP PC Blade - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 12
speed on each Ethernet uplink (see HP PC Blade Switch tray external panel LEDs). An Blade Integrated Administrator external panel LED's and ports Item 1 2 3 4 5 Description Management (10/100 Fast Ethernet) connector for remote access through a browser-based user interface, Telnet, or SSH. Console - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 13
problems with MAC address learning and packet forwarding. ● The ability to switch to a backup firmware image in case of firmware corruption. For more detailed information on the administration capabilities of the switch, see the PC Blade Switch user guides. Virtual LAN Each switch supports - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 14
Protocols such as Cisco's PVST/ PVST+. When enabled on the HP PC Blade Switch, MSTP-to-RSTP conversion is a global parameter which applies feature must be disabled. HP recommends using IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees for situations where high speed L2 redundancy and support for more than two - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 15
and duplex. Aggregated Links may be set up manually, or automatically by enabling LACP (Link Aggregation . Quality of Service The system enables various services for specific traffic packets within a specific flow. The mechanism for supporting these actions related to bandwidth management and control - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 16
finegrained flows. Support for quality of service (QoS) IEEE memory shared between ports). Conclusion The HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure is a 3U rack mountable device capable of supporting 20 HP PC Blades with redundant, hotplug power and cooling. The HP PC Blade Enclosure includes the HP PC Blade - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | 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 bc2800 | 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 bc2800 | 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 bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 20
problem is detected, the program flow stops and the switch LED glows red. If POST passes successfully, a valid executable image is loaded into RAM. POST messages are displayed on the terminal and indicate test success or failure. As the PC Blade Switch boots, the bootup test first counts memory - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 21
POST (see the last lines) indicates that no problems were encountered during boot. During boot, the Startup console applicaiton. (Press Enter several times to verify that the prompt is displayed correctly.) ● The PC Blade Switch is not configured with a user name and password. The initial PC Blade - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 22
the switch. After entering the configuration commands, HP recommends checking that a VLAN was configured with the IP address by typing the enable show ip interface command. The commands to configure the PC Blade Switch are VLAN-specific. To manage the PC Blade Switch from a remote network, you must - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 23
as shown in the configuration example: console> enable console# configure console(config)# username admin password lee level 15 SNMP Community Strings Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a method for managing network devices. Devices supporting SNMP run local software (agent). The - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 24
switch is delivered with the PUBLIC, read-only, community string configured with no password. No write community strings are configured by default. You can configure the retrieve and modify MIB objects. During initial configuration, HP recommends that you configure the device according to network - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 25
right (read and write) and IP address, as shown in the following example: console> enable console# configure config(config)# snmp-server community private rw 192.168.1.2 config(config)# exit console(config)# show snmp Community-String private Community-Access readWrite View Name default IP - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 26
This completes the initial configuration of the PC Blade Switch from the CLI. The configured password entered. Configuring Security Passwords Introduction You can configure the security passwords can be configured for the following services: ● Console ● Telnet ● SSH ● HTTP ● HTTPS NOTE: Passwords - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 27
aaa authentication enable default line console(config)# line console console(config-line)# login authentication default console(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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 28
, 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 prompt. When switching to Exec - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 29
file) to download is saved on the TFTP server. 3. Type show version to verify which software version is currently running on the PC Blade Switch. The following is an example of the information that is displayed: console# show version SW version 1.0.1.9 (date 23-Apr-2006 time 11:27:53) Boot version - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 30
message is displayed: console# reload This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your current session. Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]? 8. Type y to reboot the PC Blade Switch. The device reboots. Boot Image Download Loading a new boot image from the TFTP server and programming it - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 31
is an example of the information that is displayed: console# boot copy tftp://176.215.31.3/332448-10018. 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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 32
Startup menu. [1] Download Software [2] Erase Flash File [3] Password Recovery Procedure [4] Enter Diagnostic Mode [5] Set Terminal Baud-Rate 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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 33
password is deleted. NOTE: To ensure security, reconfigure passwords for all applicable management methods. Enter Diagnostic Mode [Option 4] For Technical Support '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 + Shift + - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 34
standard ● Auto-negotiation and auto-sensing with full-duplex support and ability to manually force port speed and duplex mode ● Auto-MDI/MDIX VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation ● IEEE 802.1p QoS with 8 classes of service mapped to 8 priority levels ● IGMP snooping v1 and v2 ● IGMP state - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 35
with manual configuration 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 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 36
firmware image in case of firmware corruption ● Local system log (syslog) with ability to view and clear messages, and save (upload) as text file using TFTP Switch Security ● Password protected multi-level user accounts supported the switch Switch Ports Per PC Blade Enclosure ● Four external 10/100 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 37
duplex mode (half- or full-duplex) of the attached device. All ports support only unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable terminated with an 8-pin RJ-45 plug device requires a "normal" connection (such as when connecting the port to a PC) or an "uplink" connection (such as when connecting the port to a - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 38
booting the PC Blade Switch 14 console password 21 conversion, MSTP-to-RSTP 8 CoS advanced mode 9 basic mode 9 D data storm prevention 9 default gateway address verification 17 deployment, switch 29 DHCP 4 diagnostic mode 27 Diagnostics Mode 25 download boot image 24 software 26 software from TFTP 23 - HP BladeSystem bc2800 | HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Installation Guide - Page 39
3 password configuring 20 console 21 HTTP 22 HTTPS 22 initial 21 recovery 27 SSH 21 Telnet 21 PC Blade Switch 2 PC Blade Switch serviceability 7 switch tray 10 system image download 23 system management 4 T Telnet password 21 terminal baud rate 27 TFTP 4 TFTP server software download 23
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