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Switch Configuration You can independently disable or enable the switch ports. Auto-MDI/MDIX with auto negotiation of speed and duplex is supported. The PC Blade Switch includes the following Ethernet ports: ● 41 dedicated internal 10/100 Mb/s Fast Ethernet ports ● Five external Ethernet ports for data ◦ Four 10/100/1000 Mbps dual personality Copper/Fiber Ethernet uplinks ◦ One 10/100T 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 Blade PC supports Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) and Wake-on-LAN (WoL). Each enclosure can have up to 40 active network adapters at one time. 2 Chapter 1 Introduction ENWW

Section	Page
Introduction	7
Switch Management	7
Switch Configuration	8
HP PC Blade Enclosure	8
HP PC Blade Switch Interconnect Tray	9
Internal Ports	9
External Ports	10
System Management	10
Back-up and Restore	10
IP Addressing	10
Web Browser-based Interface	10
Command Line Interface (CLI)	11
SNMP and Remote Monitoring	11
Switch Security	11
Identifying Integrated Administrator Components	11
Switch Serviceability	13
Virtual LAN	13
Spanning Tree	13
MSTP-to-RSTP Conversion (PVST Interoperability)	14
Link Aggregation	14
Internet Group Management Protocol	15
Data Storm Prevention	15
Quality of Service	15
Enterprise-class Performance	16
Conclusion	16
First Time Installation	18
Installation Procedure	19
Booting the PC Blade Switch	20
Configuration Overview	21
Initial Configuration	21
Static IP Address and Subnet Mask	22
Verifying the IP and Default Gateway Addresses	23
User Name	23
SNMP Community Strings	23
Advanced Configuration	26
Security Management and Password Configuration	26
Configuring Security Passwords Introduction	26
Configuring an Initial Console Password	27
Configuring an Initial Telnet Password	27
Configuring an Initial SSH Password	27
Configuring an Initial HTTP Password	28
Configuring an Initial HTTPS Password	28
Software Download from a TFTP Server	29
System Image Download	29
Boot Image Download	30
Startup Menu Procedures	31
Downloading Software [Option 1]	32
Erasing the Flash File [Option 2]	32
Password Recovery [Option 3]	33
Enter Diagnostic Mode [Option 4]	33
Set Terminal Baud-Rate [Option 5]	33
Feature Summary	34
Switch Performance	34
Switch Network Features	34
Switch Deployment and Configuration	35
Switch Diagnostics and Monitoring	36
Switch Security	36
Switch Ports Per PC Blade Enclosure	36
Device Hardware Interfaces	37
RJ-45 Ports	37
SFP GBIC Module	37
Combo Port	37

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Switch Configuration

You can independently disable or enable the switch ports. Auto-MDI/MDIX with auto negotiation of

speed and duplex is supported. The PC Blade Switch includes the following Ethernet ports:

●

41 dedicated internal 10/100 Mb/s Fast Ethernet ports

●

Five external Ethernet ports for data

◦

Four 10/100/1000 Mbps dual personality Copper/Fiber Ethernet uplinks

◦

One 10/100T 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 Blade PC supports Pre-boot

eXecution Environment (PXE) and Wake-on-LAN (WoL). Each enclosure can have up to 40 active

network adapters at one time.

Chapter 1

Introduction

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