Blade ICE BMD00178 manual

2350 Mis sio n C ollege Blv d. Suite 600 Santa Clar a, CA 95 05 4 www .bladene twork.n et BLADEO S ™ Release Notes 1/10Gb U plink E thernet Switch Mod ule for IBM BladeCe nter ® Ve r s i o n 6 . 3 Part N umber: BM D00178, Ap ril 20 10[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guide 2 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Copyrigh t © 201 0 BLADE Network T echnologies, Inc., 2350 Mi ssion Coll ege Blv d. Suite 600, Sa nta Clara, Californi a, 95054, USA. Al l rights reserved. Reference number: BM D00178 This do cument is p rotec ted by co pyright a nd dist ributed un der lic enses re strictin g its u se, copy[...]

BMD00178 , April 2 010 3 Release Notes The 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module (GbESM) is one of up to fo ur switch modules that can be installed in the I BM BladeCenter chassi s. These releas e no tes pr ovi d e th e lates t infor mat ion r egardin g BL ADEOS 6.3 for the 1/ 10Gb Up lin k Ethernet Switch Module. This supplement modifies informatio[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 4 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Hardwa re Support BLAD EOS 6. 3 sof twar e is s uppor ted on ly on the 1/10G b Upli nk E thern et Sw itch M odul e for IBM BladeCent er . The 1/10Gb Upl ink ESM ( GbESM) shown in Fi gure 1 is a high performance Layer 2-3 embedd ed network switch t hat features tight integration with IBM Bla[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 5 The GbESM contains three 10 Gigabit Small Form-factor , Pluggable (SFP+) slots. The 10Gb SFP+ slots can accept 1Gb copper transceivers, 10Gb optical transceivers, or Direct Attach Cables (DAC). Note – If a DAC is not p rogrammed to m eet MSA sp ecifications (including length identifier), the [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 6 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Up da ting the Swi tch Sof t ware Imag e The switch software image i s the executab l e code running on the GbESM. A version o f the image ships with the switch, and comes pre-installed on the dev i ce. As new ver sions of the image ar e released, you can upgrade the soft ware runni ng on y[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 7 When the software requ irements are met, u se one of the following procedur es to download the new software to your switch. Y ou can use the B LADEOS C LI, the I SCLI, or the BBI to d o wnload and activate new software. Using the BLADEOS CL I 1. At the Boot Options# prom pt , ent er: 2. Enter t[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 8 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Using the ISCLI 1. In Privileged EXEC mode, enter the following command: 2. Enter the hostname o r IP address of the FTP or TFTP server . 3. Enter the name of the new software file o n the server . The exact form of the name will vary by server . However , the file location is normally rela[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 9 Using the BBI Y ou can use the Browser-B ased Interface to load software onto the GbESM. Th e software image to load can resid e in one of the f o llowing locations:  FTP server  TFTP server  Local computer After you log onto the BBI, perform the followin g steps t o load a softwa re i[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 10 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Using the Boot Mana gement Menu The Boot Management menu allows you to switch the software image, reset the switch to factory defaults, or to recover from a failed soft ware download. Y ou can interrupt the boo t process and enter the Boot Management menu from the serial console port. Wh e[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 11 3. Boot the switch a nd access the Boot Management menu by pressing <Shift B> while the Memory T est is in progress and the dots are being display ed. 4. Select 3 for Xmodem download . When you see the following mes sage, change the Serial Port characteristics to 1 15200 bps: 5. Press &l[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 12 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 7. When you see the fo l lowing mess age, change the Serial Port characteristics to 9600 bps: 8. Press the Escape k ey (< Es c> ) to re-display the Boot Management menu . 9. Select 3 to start a new XModem Dow nload . W hen you see the following message, ch ange the Serial Port charac[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 13 New and Up date d Features BLADEOS 6.3 for 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Mod ule (GbESM) has been updated to include new and enhanced features in supp ort of V irtualizat ion and Fibre Ch annel over Ethernet. The list of features below summarizes the updated features. For more detailed informa[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 14 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 S tacking Lim itation s The GbESM with BLADEOS 6.3 can op erate in one of two modes:  Default mod e, which is th e regular st and-alone (or non -stacked) mode.  Stack ing mode, in which mu ltiple physical sw itches aggr egate functions as a single switchin g device. When in stacking [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 15 VMready The switch’ s VMr eady software makes it vir tuali zat ion aware . Ser vers t hat run hype rvis or softw are with multiple instances of on e or more operating systems can present each as an indep endent virtual machine (VM) with its own applications. W i th VMready , the GbESM auto m[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 16 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 VLAN Map s A VLAN map (VMAP) is an Access Control List (AC L) that can be as s igned to a VLAN rather than to a switch port as with regular ACLs. In a virtualized environment, VMAPs allow you to create traff ic filtering and metering policies that are associated with a VM group VLAN, allow[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 17 OSPFv3 BLADEOS s upports the Open S hortest Path First (OSPF) version 2 and ve rsion 3 routi ng protocols. The OSPFv3implementation confor ms to the OSP F version 2 specifications detailed in Internet RFC 1583, and OSPF version 3 specifications in RFC 2328 App endix G .2 and RFC 2740. OSPF v e[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 18 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Active MultiPath Protocol Active MultiPath Protocol (AMP) allows y ou to con nect three switches in a loop topology , and load-balance traf fic across all uplinks (no blocking) . When an AMP link fails, upstream communication co ntinues over the remaining AMP link. Once the f ailed AMP lin[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 19 SM IPv4 and IPv4 Config uration Extensions BLADEOS 6 .3 supports EIP AA extensions to t he chassis’ A dvanced Managemen t Module (AMM) that prov ide more IP address conf iguration options . The following IP ad dressing options are now available on the AMM:  Automati c IPv4 address configu[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 20 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 IGMP Group Capacity BLADEOS 6.3 suppor ts IGMP groups dif ferently than earlier releases: The GbESM no w supports a maxi mum of 20 48 IGMP entries , on a maximum of 10 24 VLANs. When the switch is in s tacking mo de, one IGMP entry is allocated f or each unique join request, based on t he [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 21 Supplement al In formation This section provides additional informatio n abo ut configu ring and operating the GbESM and BLADEO S. Management Module  The “Fast POST=Disabled/Enabled” insid e the IBM managemen t module W eb interface “I/O Module Adm in Power/Restart” d oes not apply [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 22 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Management Module/GbESM Connectivity Currently , the IBM management module is designed to provide one-way control of the GbESM. As a result, the GbESM may lose connectivity to the managem e nt module v ia the man agemen t port under the following conditions:  If new IP attributes are pu[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 23 Secure Management Network The following GbESM attributes are reserved to p rovide secure m anagement access to and from the IBM managemen t mod ule:  MG T1 (port 15) and MG T2 (port 16)  VLAN 4095  IP interface 128  Gateway 4  STG 128 For more information about remotely managing[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 24 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Sp a nnin g T ree Con figuration Tip s T o ensure proper operation with s w itches that use Cisc o Per VLAN Spanning T ree (PVST+), you mus t do one of the follo win g :  Create a separate Spanning T ree Group f or each VLAN.  Manually add all associated VLANs into a single Spann ing[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 25 Command Replacement s STP Edge and Li nk The following co mmands have been moved in the CLI: The equivalent ISCL I config-if mode commands (under interface port <# > ) have also been moved: When the switch boots with BLADEOS 6.3 software, any prior configuration in the active configurat [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 26 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 BPDU Guard BLAD EOS 6. 3, BPD U Guar d is no w conf igur e d on a per-port b asis , rath e r than glob ally . The followi ng commands have been moved in th e CLI: The equivalent ISCLI Global C onfiguration Mode command has moved to the In terface Port Config uration Mod e: During upgr ade [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 27 Known Issues This sect ion desc ribes known issu es for BLADEOS 6.3 on the 1/10Gb Uplin k Ethernet Switch Module. Sof tware Upgrade Issue s  Some time zones ar e different compared to release 6.1.2 and prior . After upgrading to release 6.3 or l ater , it is recommended that the administra [...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 28 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Interoperability w ith Older Hubs The command- line interface might di splay l ink up a nd link down messa ges continuously f or an external port that is connected to certain o lder hub models configu red for 100 Mbps half-du plex. The displ ay might sho w link u p erroneous ly . This beha[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 29 St atic Mrouter If a port has a stati c multicast router (Mro uter) configured, an d you move th e port to a dif ferent VLAN, the static Mrouter appears in the /info/l3/igmp/mrouter/dump outp ut for the original VLAN. Solutio n: When y ou move th e port to a new VLAN, remo ve the static Mroute[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 30 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 T runk and Li nk Loop When you create a tru nk or link loo p between the GbESM and another switch, packets migh t loop infinitely at line rate within the related li nks. When this problem occurs, the GbESM continuously displays the following mes sages at the console: WARNING: packet_sent u[...]

BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 31 vCenter Synchronization When applyi ng distributed VM group configu ration changes, the sw itch will attempt to synchronize settings with the VMware vCenter for virtualization management. If t he vCenter is unavailable, an error message will be displayed on the switch. Be sure to evaluate all [...]

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