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HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack Windows Edition User Guide Part Number 381655-00J March 2007 (Ninth Edition) - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 2
of Microsoft Corporation. Audience assumptions This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 3
Contents Overview...4 HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack Introduction 4 Intelligent Networking Pack licenses Discovery Protocols ...33 IGMP support ...35 Introduction to IGMP...35 Troubleshooting ...36 Potential solutions for INP configuration problems 36 Installing an Intelligent - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 4
Insight Manager (SIM), SmartStart, and HP Management agents. The Intelligent Networking Pack (INP) provides advanced capabilities that allow servers to proactively adapt to networking infrastructure problems thus improving server availability and network performance. The Intelligent Networking - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 5
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) support-a media- and protocol-independent network guide describes how to install these licenses on your system and how to configure the features. For the latest driver, firmware, and documentation updates, go to HP Networking website (http://h18004.www1.hp - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 6
display the License Manager. If the NCU software is not installed on your server, complete the following steps: 1. Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com). 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads from the left menu bar. 3. Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter. For example, type - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 7
key. To install Virus Throttle and launch the ProLiant Essentials Network License Manager complete the following steps: 1. Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com). 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads from the left menu bar. 3. Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter. For - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 8
8. Click the HP Virus Throttle link. If the utility does not identify a valid INP license on the system, the following message displays: 9. Click Yes to display the ProLiant - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 9
The Currently installed licenses window displays the following information: • Product Name-the name of the licensed networking product. • Type-The license type. o Single license pack-Authorizes one seat. Depending upon the type of product a seat may be a single server (INP) or a single port (iSCSI - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 10
5. Click Install. NOTE: HP recommends that you retain the license key for future reference. The key is needed for technical support and future upgrades. To refer to the HP ProLiant Essentials Network License Manager for Windows User Guide located on the HP website (http://www.hp.com). Overview 10 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 11
system if it is valid. The vtlicense command also displays licenses currently installed on the system. Installing licenses through HP Systems Insight Manager License Manager HP recommends you use the SIM License Manager for concurrently installing and monitoring INP licenses on multiple servers. For - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 12
traffic passes through it. Virus Throttle provides TCP and UDP support. The driver maintains a delay queue of connection requests for each instance of Management Instrumentation (WMI) event notification to the administrator. If HP Management agents are installed and configured correctly, a Simple - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 13
used to open the Virus Throttle Status and Configuration Utility. To Install Virus Throttle for Windows using the HP cmponent.htm file: 1. Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com). 2. Click Software & Driver Downloads from the left menu bar. 3. Type the product name in the For product box and press - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 14
and delay queue information can be viewed on the Status tab in either Aggregate (summary for all active instances of the Virus Throttle filter driver) or Individual (per instance) mode. The default setting is the Aggregate mode. • Status. Displays the current state and the number of interfaces with - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 15
initialization. o TCP Packets Removed from Queue. Number of connection TCP packets removed from the delay queue since filter driver initialization. o Currently Queued TCP Packets. Number of connection TCP packets currently on the delay queue. o TCP Packets Dropped Due to Queue Overflow. Number - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 16
to be displayed. o Aggregate. Displays a summary of all instances since driver initialization. o Individual. Displays values on a per-instance basis. • License Manager. Opens the License Manager dialog box allowing you to add or view HP ProLiant Essentials Network pack licenses. • OK. Processes all - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 17
parameters: • Delay Queue Size. Controls the maximum number of delayed TCP or UDP connection requests in the queue for each instance of the filter driver. Requests over the queue size are dropped. The default setting is 200 delayed connection requests. The valid range is 1-1000. Using Virus Throttle - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 18
TCP or UDP connection requests in the delay queue at which "virus-like" activity is considered to be occurring for each instance of the filter driver. The default setting is 160 connection requests. The valid range is 1-Delay Queue Size. • Delay Queue Low Water Mark. Controls the number of TCP or - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 19
The Keep Proportions option provides a way to keep the high and low water mark values at a preset percentage of the delay queue size for TCP and UDP outbound connection request. When Keep Proportions is not selected, the delay queue high and low water mark values can be changed. When Keep - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 20
3. When you click OK to process your changes, an informational message appears warning about a network interruption. Click Yes to start and stop the Virus Throttle instances so the new parameters can be read from the registry. 4. After the configuration is completed, a successful message appears. - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 21
Adapter Scripting Utility. For information on how to use the scripting utility, refer to the HP Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide. Advanced Pack teaming types The HP network adapter basic team types provide a selection of fault-tolerant and load-balancing features, including Network - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 22
Channel Network Fault Tolerance teaming capabilities are not supported on systems running Windows® 2000. Switch-assisted balanced among all team members based on a load balancing algorithm in the teaming device driver. The receive packets are load balanced among all team members by both the switch - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 23
team member is considered failed. All transmit packets are load balanced among all team members based on a load balancing algorithm in the teaming device driver. The receive packets are load balanced among all team members by the switch. If a failure of any team member occurs, the packets are load - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 24
Balancing 4. Select the Transmit Load Balancing Method for the team. Transmit Load Balancing methods include: o Automatic (Recommended)-Default setting. Teaming driver selects the load balancing mechanism based on the packet type. o TCP Connection-Load balances transmitted TCP packets using the TCP - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 25
failed because the team has more members than the switch supports in the LACP protocol. The port is blocked by the switch redundancy features, standard with HP server adapter networking software, include to proactively adapt to networking infrastructure problems. These features are available for all - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 26
Active Path Failover Active Path Failover allows a ProLiant server to predict and bypass failed network paths through use of a user assigned echo node. An echo node is a device on the network with which connectivity is required. Periodically, each team member transmits an Address Resolution Protocol - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 27
Configuring Active Path Failover Active Path Failover is enabled through the Team Properties Advanced Redundancy tab. This feature is disabled if a valid INP license is not installed on the system. To configure Active Path Failover for a team: 1. On the NCU Main window, select the team. 2. Click - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 28
o Directed ARP-Tests connectivity with the echo node device using a modified ARP. This method works for most switches or servers that are designated as the echo node. It is not recommended for routers or Linux servers. The advantage of using Directed ARP is that less configuration of parameters is - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 29
A port location of 1 is not reported and is left blank. The Team Members Bus/Slot/Port category changes to Bus/IO Bay/Port for HP BladeSystem servers. • Status. Displays team member status: Refer to "Configuring a Dual Channel Load Balancing team". • Router Path State. If Router Path is enabled, it - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 30
, you can select the VLAN ID for validation and monitoring. Before creating and editing VLANs, you should be aware that: • The NCU supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging only. • The NCU supports a VLAN identifier range of 1 to 4094. • Up to 64 VLANs can be defined for a team. To create a VLAN for a team - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 31
3. To create a new VLAN, click Add. The VLAN properties input box appears. 4. Type a user-defined VLAN name. Every VLAN must have a name assigned to it. Duplicate names are allowed if you want to use the same names for different VLAN IDs. 5. The next available VLAN ID appears in the VLAN ID box. - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 32
platform of those devices including information about the interfaces a router uses. The HP NCU supports CDP Version 1, CDP Version 2, and LLDP. The following information is provided which can be used to detect misconfigurations and troubleshooting problems on the network. Using discovery protocol 32 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 33
member. A port location of 1 is not reported and is left blank. The Team Members Bus/Slot/Port category changes to Bus/IO Bay/Port for HP BladeSystem servers. Using discovery protocol 33 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 34
VLAN for untagged packets on the interface. CDP or LLDP learns the native VLAN for an interface. This is implemented only for interfaces that support the IEEE 8021Q protocol. • Duplex-Current duplex mode of the team member: Unknown, Half, or Full. The following controls are available: • OK-Closes - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 35
only those ports in the multicast group. During a failover situation, the NCU will maintain connectivity with the multicast group and respond with IGMP reports. The HP NCU supports IGMP in this release, but it does not require any user input in the NCU; therefore, no windows and controls exist. IGMP - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 36
section provides possible solutions to problems that may occur during the configuration of INP features. The following tables provide steps to take before calling your service representative. • Installing an Intelligent Networking Pack License-contains troubleshooting information about installing an - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 37
parameter such normal or expected activity settings. Configuring advanced networking features Problem Possible cause Possible solution All members of the team Degraded (Active Path Failover. The NC31xx 10/100 adapters do not support the Active Path Failover mechanism. Troubleshooting 37 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 38
Problem Possible cause Possible solution The INP Fault Tolerance or SLB (Switch-assisted Load Balancing), this is normal behavior. These team modes do not support Fast Path Failover. One or more members (but not all) of the team currently have a red are the same in the NCU. Troubleshooting 38 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 39
Problem is normal behavior. These team modes do not support Fast Path Failover, Active Path Failover and Router PVST+. Configuring Discovery Protocol Problem Possible cause Possible solution possible that this delay occurred as the teaming driver attempted to register the CDP or LLDP multicast - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 40
Problem When using SLB, 802.3ad, and Dual-Channel teams some ports in my aggregation (trunk) do not have any information displayed. If two ports in an aggregation happen to contain different data (like different Device IDs) that may alert you to a network misconfiguration. Troubleshooting 40 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 41
Protocol LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol LAN local-area network LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol MAC medium access control NCU Network Configuration Utility NDIS network driver interface specification Acronyms and abbreviations 41 - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 42
NFT network fault tolerant NIC network interface controller SIM Systems Insight Manager SLB switch-assisted load balancing SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol STP Spanning Tree Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol TLB transmit load balancing UDP User Datagram Protocol VLAN virtual local- - HP NC326m | HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack - Windows Edition - Page 43
28 configuring router path failover 29 configuring VLAN IDs 29 D discovery protocol 32 I IGMP support 35 installing virus throttle 12 P ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack 4 T troubleshooting 36 V Virus Throttle status and configuration utility 16 Virus Throttle, defined 12 W Windows
HP ProLiant Essentials
Intelligent Networking Pack Windows Edition
User Guide
Part Number 381655-00J
March 2007 (Ninth Edition)