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HP GbE2c Ether net Blade S w itc h f or c -Clas s Blade S y s tem User G uid e May 2006 (First Edition) Part Number 418116-001.
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Contents 3 C ont en ts Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... ............... 6 Overview .......................................................................
Contents 4 Replacing and upgr ading the switch ............................................................................................. 22 Replacing an ex isting switch .............................................................................
Contents 5 Cannot connect to the switch re motely using the Web inte rface .................................................................. ... 50 Cannot enable a port in multiple VLANs while conf iguring VLANS.......................................
Introduction 6 Intr oducti on In this section Overvi ew ....................................................................................................................... ......................... 6 Additional references .........................
Introduction 7 • Fully supported on the HP c-Clas s BladeSystem serv er blade enclosure and infrastructure compatible with any combination of HP c-Class BladeSystem server blades • Ability to repl.
Introduction 8 • Port Fast Forwarding that allows a port that par ticipates in Spanning Tree to bypass the Listening and Learning states and enter directly into the Forwarding state.
Introduction 9 • Any switch port can be used to perform switch management and PXE. Diagnostic tools The hardware, software, and firmware diagno stic tools that are available include: • HP Systems .
Introduction 10 Redundant paths to server bays In a dual switch configuration, redundant Ethernet si gnals from each blade server are routed through the enclosure backplane to separate switches within th e enclosure. This configurati on provides redundant paths to each server bay.
Introduction 11 In addition, the switch provides a spanning tree doma in per VLAN. The switch is compatible with Cisco® PVST+ and Cisco PVST, when the other device is co nfigured as untagged or conf igured to use 802.1q tagging. Sixteen spanning tree domains are supported per switch.
Introduction 12 configurable from the browser-based interface, but because the connection is based on an IP address for these interfaces, users will have to recon n ect with the newly assigned IP address. NTP The switch maintains the current date and time.
Introduction 13 • Only standard ASCII inbound login authentication . PAP, CHAP, or ARAP login methods are not supported. One-time password authen tication is also not supported. • Authorization privilege lev els of only 0, 3, and 6. These map to management levels of user, oper, and admin, respectively.
Introduction 14 through a procedure called auto-negotiation. Auto-neg otiation involves probing the capability of the network using low-level signaling tec hniques to select compatible Ethe rnet speeds. Aut o-negotiation was originally developed to make the migration from trad itional Ethernet to Fast Ethernet products easier.
Introduction 15 Item Description Description 4 DB-9 management serial port 5 RJ-45 ports 20 - 24 CAUTION: Pressing the Reset button while the Hea lth LED is green resets the switch.
Installing the switch 16 Inst alling the s w itc h In this section Planning the switch configuration .............................................................................................. ............... 16 Installing the sw itch .............
Installing the switch 17 • SNMP settings • User name and password settings • Default access to various management interfaces • NTP settings IMPORTANT: See "Runtime switching soft ware default settings (on page 28 )" for a complete list of default configuration settings.
Installing the switch 18 User account Description an d tasks performed Password Operator The operator manages all functions of the switch. The operator can reset ports or the entire switch. By default, the operator account is disabled and has no password.
Installing the switch 19 Installing the switch CAUTION: Do not cable the switch until after configuration. IMPORTANT: Make sure that the server NIC configuration matches the s witch bay selected. NOTE: When installing two switches, there are tw o switch interconnect ports between adjacent I/O bays.
Installing the switch 20 To access the switch remotely: 1. Assign an IP address. By default, the switch is set up to obtain its IP address from a BOOTP server existing on the attached network. 2. From the BOOTP server, use the switch MAC address to obtain the switch IP address.
Installing the switch 21 See "SNMP MIBs support (on page 42 )" for more information on the SNMP agents. This section also describes how to use the MIB s to configure and moni tor the switch using a generic SNMP manager, such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager or HP Syste ms Insight Manager.
Replacing and upgrading the switch 22 R eplac ing and upgr ading the s w itc h In this section Replacing an ex isting switch ..........................
Replacing and upgrading the switch 23 5. If the configuration file was saved to a TFTP server, download the configuration. For more information on downloading a configuration file, see the HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c- Class BladeSystem Command Reference Guide .
Regulatory compliance notices 24 R egulator y compli ance notice s In this section Class A eq uipment .............................................................................................................. ................... 24 Modifica tions .
Regulatory compliance notices 25 E ur opean Unio n r egulatory n oti ce This product complies with the following EU Directives: • Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC • EMC Directive 89/336/EE C Compli.
Regulatory compliance notices 26 Ko r e a n c l a s s A n o t i c e L as er com pli ance This product may be provided with an optical storage device (that is, CD or DVD drive) and/or fiber optic transceiver.
Technical specifications 27 T ec hni cal spec if i cati ons In this section General spec ificat ions ......................................................................................................... ................... 27 Runtime switching softwa re default settings .
Technical specifications 28 Category Specification Number of ports per switch: 16 x 1000-Mb/s ports de dicated to server blade for switch communication s 2 x 1000-Mb/s ports d edicated to communicatio.
Technical specifications 29 Setting Value Backpressure Disabled Port state Enabled Port speed/duplex Auto Flow control Receive & transmit STP STG 1—Enabled with default VLAN (VID=1) Port 1-16 (s.
Technical specifications 30 Setting Value SNMP Authentication Traps Disabled SNMP Link Up/Down Traps Enabled Security IP Network/Mask 0.0.0.0 / 0.0.0.0 TFTP Server IP Address 0.
Technical specifications 31 Setting Value Log • console—Enabled • system—Enabled • mgmt—Enabled • cli—Enabled • stp—Enabled • vlan—Enabled • ssh—Enabled • ntp—Enabled .
Technical specifications 32 Setting Value MSTP Edge Port Enabled: ports 1-16 TACACS+ Service Off TACACS+ Primary Secret None TACACS+ Secondary Secret None Primary TACACS+ Server 0.
Technical specifications 33 Setting Value RMON Event Group Number None RMON Event Description None RMON Event Type None RMON Alarm Group Number None RMON Alarm MIB to Monitor None RMON Alarm Interval .
Technical specifications 34 Setting Value MCAST/BCAST/UCAST off SNMPv3 - SNMP access read/write enabled SNMPv3 - v1v2 access Enabled SNMPv3 - adminmd5 authentication = md5, pri vacy = des SNMPv3 - adm.
Technical specifications 35 Port type Port number Port name STP Trunk group Server 11 Downlink11 Disabled Server 12 Downlink12 Disabled Server 13 Downlink13 Disabled Server 14 Downlink14 Disabled Serv.
Technical specifications 36 Category Specification MAC address table size 8 KB per switch Packet forwarding rate 1,488, 095 packets per second with 64 byte packets per port (for 1000 Mb/s) Maximum ext.
Performing a serial download 37 P erf orming a s er i al do w nload In this section Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... ........................ 37 Serial upgrade of boot code firmware imag e procedure .
Performing a serial download 38 4. Hold down the Shift key and press the D key repeat edly during the Mem ory Test, until this message appears: NOTE: To perform serial downloads at 57600 baud rate , press the Shift-F keys. To perform serial downloads at 115200 baud rate, press the Shift-D key s.
Performing a serial download 39 CAUTION: Do not power off the switch until the message: "Change your baud rate to 9600 bps and power cycle the switch," is displayed, otherwise, the s witch will be inoperable. 10. Change the baud rate to 9600 and power off th e switch, wait for a few seconds, and power on the switch.
Performing a serial download 40 5. After the message in Step 4 appears, reconfigur e the terminal emulation console using these parameters. Parameter Value Baud rate 115200 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None 6. Press the Enter key several times on th e PC that is connected to the console port of the switch.
Performing a serial download 41 Depending on the selection, 1 or 2, the system updates image1 or image2 on the flash and a message with a progress in dicator displays as shown below. If selecting n, the system aborts the update procedure and prompts to reset th e baud rate and power cycle the switch.
SNMP MIBs support 42 S NMP MI Bs su ppor t In this section MIB over view................................................................................................................... ...................... 42 SNMP Manage r software ..............
SNMP MIBs support 43 Supported MIBs The SNMP agent for the switch supports these MIB s: • bt2Network.mib • bt2Physical.mib • bt2Switch.mib • bt2trap.mib • cpqhost.mib • cpqsinfo.mib • cpqrack.mib • hpswitchpl.mib • rfc1213.mib • rfc1493.
SNMP MIBs support 44 • bt2SwUfdfoGlobalEna • bt2SwUfdfoGlobalDis • bt2SwUfdfoLtDAutoEna • bt2SwUfdfoLtDAutoDis • rfc1215.mib traps • coldStart • warmStart • linkDown • linkUp • authenticationFailure • egpNeighborLoss • rfc1493.
Electrostatic discharge 45 Elec tr os tatic dis c har ge In this section Preventing electros tatic disc harge ............................................................................................. ................ 45 Grounding methods to preven t electrostati c discharge .
RJ-45 pin specification 46 RJ- 4 5 pin s pec if i cati on In this section Standard RJ-45 rece ptacle/connector ............................................................................................ ........... 46 S tandar d RJ- 4 5 r eceptac le/connec tor When connecting the switch to a switch, bridge , or hub, an Ethernet cable is necessary.
Troubleshooting 47 T r oubleshooting In this section Forgotten administrator user name and passw ord that was configur ed on the switch ...................................... 47 Health LED on the switch is not on ......................................
Troubleshooting 48 • The server blade enclosure is not powere d up. Be sure that the server blade enclosure is powered up and all the power connections are intact. • There is a faulty LED. Check the console to see if the switch is boote d. • The switch fuse is blown.
Troubleshooting 49 T he s w itch f ails to get its IP settings f r om the BOO TP se r v er , e v en though b y def ault it is co nf igur ed fo r BOO TP Action: • The switch is not connected properly to the netw ork. Check the cable and connections and be sure that there is network connectivity between the switch and the BOOTP server.
Troubleshooting 50 • The switch IP address is no t configured or correct. • From the serial console interface, be sure that the switch IP address is configured and valid on the network. • Use the correct IP address to establis h the SSH connection with the switch.
Troubleshooting 51 • The management network address/mask (if used ) does not contain the IP address of the management station. From the serial console in terface, be sure that the management network address/mask contains the IP address of the management station.
Troubleshooting 52 • Be sure that the TFTP server exists on the sa me network or VLAN as that of the switc h. • Be sure that the TFTP server can be pi nged from the switch and vice versa. • Be sure that the IP address of the TFTP server is correct.
Acronyms and abbreviations 53 A c r on y ms and abbr e v iati ons AAA authentication, authoriz ation, and accounting BBI browser-based interface BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CLI Command Line Interface CPU.
Acronyms and abbreviations 54 IP Internet Protocol LAN local-area network MAC medium access control MAU media attachment unit MDI medium dependent interface MDI-X medium dependent interface-crossov er.
Acronyms and abbreviations 55 OSI Open Systems Interconnection POST Power-On Self Test PXE Preboot Execution Environment RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service RAS remote access service RFC.
Acronyms and abbreviations 56 UDP User Datagram Protocol UFD uplink failure d etection VID VLAN ID VLAN virtual local-area network.
Index 57 A access rights, overview 17 accessing the switch serial console interface, troubleshooting 48 additional references 6 architecture 9 Auto-MDI/MDIX 13 auto-negotiation of duplex mode and spee.
Index 58 R rear panel components 14 redundancy 8, 9, 10, 14 redundant crosslinks 9 redundant images in firmware 14 redundant paths to server bays 10 regulatory compliance notices 24, 25 Remote Authent.
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