HP (Hewlett-Packard) 5697-7483 manual

Br ocade 8Gb S AN S w it c h f or nl HP Blade S y stem c-C lass user g uid e *5697-7483* Pa r t n u m b e r : 56 97 - 7 4 8 3 F irst ed ition: July 2008[...]

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Co nt e n t s A b o u t t h i s g u i d e ................ .......... 9 I n t e n d e d a u d i e n c e ............. ............... .......... 9 S A N S w i t c h r e l a t e d d o c u m e n t a t i o n ........................ ....... 9 H P B l a d e S y s t e m c - C l a s s r e l a t e d d o c u m e n t a t i o n ............. ............. 9 [...]

3 M a n a g i n g t h e 8 G b S A N S w i t c h ................... 3 1 M a n a g e m e n t f e a t u r e s ............. ............... ....... 3 1 M a i n t a i n i n g t h e 8 G b S A N S w i t c h ................. ............. 3 2 I n s t a l l i n g d u s t c o v e r s i n e m p t y p o r t s .............. ............. 3 2 R e p l a c i n[...]

I n d e x ............... ................ 6 1 Br ocade 8Gb S AN S w itc h for HP Blade S ystem c-C lass 5[...]

Fi g u r e s 1 B r o c a d e 8 G b S A N S w i t c h c o m p o n e n t s ......... ............. 1 4 2 8 G b S A N S w i t c h e x t e r n a l p o r t s ................ .......... 1 4 3 C a r t o n c o n t e n t s ............. ............... .... 1 9 4 Rel ea si n g th e i n s t a l l a t i o n h a n d l e ............... .......... 2 1 5 I n s [...]

Ta b l e s 1 D o c u m e n t c o n v e n t i o n s ........................ ...... 1 0 2 B r o c a d e 8 G b S A N S w i t c h c o m p o n e n t s ................... ... 2 1 3 I d e n t i f y i n g 8 G b S A N S w i t c h e x t e r n a l p o r t s ............... ...... 1 4 4 Optional so ft w a r e k i t s .................. ............ 1 6 5 O p[...]

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About t his guide This guide pr ov ide s informati on about setting up a nd con fi guring the Br o cade 8Gb S AN S w itc h for HP BladeS ystem c-C lass . Thr ough out this guide the short pr oduc t name is used , 8Gb S AN S w itc h . Intended a udience Thi s guide is inte nded for s y stem admi nistr ator s and tec hnic ians w ith know ledge of: ?[...]

HP contact inf or mati on F or the name of th e neares t HP authori z ed re seller : • In the United Stat es, s ee the HP US servi ce locator w eb page: nl http: //ww w .hp.com/service_locator • In ot her lo ca tion s, see th e Conta ct HP worldwide (in E ngl ish ) web pa ge: nl http: //welcom e.hp .com/cou ntry/us /en/ww contact.html • In th[...]

IMPORT AN T : Pro vi des clarifying information or sp eci fi c instr uctions . NO TE: Prov ides a dd itio nal i nforma tion. TIP : Pr o vides help fu l hints and shortc uts. Sub sc r iption s erv ice HP str ongl y r ecommends that c ust omers r e gister onli ne using the Subsc r iber's ch oice w ebsit e: h ttp:/ /ww w .h p .com/ go/e-upd ates[...]

12 About t his gu ide[...]

1O v e r v i e w The Br ocade 8Gb S AN Sw itch for HP Blade S ys tem c-Class (r ef err ed to in the r est o f this manual as the 8Gb S AN S w itc h) is a F ibr e Channel (FC) s wit ch that su pports link speeds of up to 8 Gbps . The 8Gb S AN S w itc h can operat e in a fabr i c containing multiple s w itche s or as the only s witc h in a fabr i c. [...]

Com p on e nt id e nt i fi cation Fig u re 1 and Ta b l e 2 identif y the phy si cal components of the 8G b S AN S wit ch . scale: 3/8" = 1" 21 22 23 0 17 18 19 20 ! 80 -100 074 -0 1 R e v .C W H 0 4 00 0 021 1 MAC 00 05 1E 35 A2 D6 W W N 10:00:0 0:05 :1 E:3 5 :A 2:D 6 Reset 4Gb SAN Swi tch BRO C A D E 2 50 7 0 a 3 1 5 4 2 Fig ure 1 Bro [...]

NO TE: Refe r to Inter pr eting LED ac ti vity , page 34 for comple te infor mation on 8Gb S AN Sw itc h LEDs. Inter nal por ts summar y Si xteen logical int ernal ports (number ed 1 thr ough 1 6) connect sequentially to server bay s 1 thr ough 1 6 w ith the encl osur e midplane . Server ba y 1 is connected t o S w itc h P ort 1 , Server bay 2 i s [...]

ISL t run k in g gr oups If y our 8Gb S AN S wi tch is li censed for inter sw itc h link (ISL) tr unking, us e the trunking grou ps av ailable on the s w itch . The FC ports are number ed fr om left to r ight , a nd ar e part of the same ISL trunki ng grou p . The trunki ng group consists o f the ports shown in Fig u re 2 . NO TE: ISL T runking i s[...]

Supported SFP tr anscei v er opti ons Ta b l e 5 through T able 7 lists the only su pported SFP s. T able 5 O pti onal Long W av e 4G b SFP s Option Pa r t n u m b e r H P4 G bL o n gW a v eB - S e r i e sF CS F P1P a c k-1 0 k m AK8 7 0A HP 4Gb Long W av e B-Seri es FC SFP 1 P ack - 30km AN2 1 1A T able 6 HP 8Gb Short W a v e B-Se ries F C SFP+ 1 [...]

18 O v e r v i e w[...]

2 Setu p Thi s chapte r pro vides the f ollo w ing inf ormati on: • Shipping carton contents , page 1 9 • Installation and s afety consider ations , page 20 • Install the 8G b S AN Sw itch , page 20 • Set the IP addr ess , page 2 3 • Con fi gure the 4Gb S AN S w itc h ,p a g e2 5 Shipping ca rt on c o nt en t s Fi g u re 3 and Ta b l e 8[...]

Installati on an d saf ety consider ations The 8 Gb SAN Swit ch inst alls in the I/O bay s in the r ear of the HP BladeS yst em c-Class enc losur e . Refe r to the appr opri ate BladeS ystem Enclo sure Setup and Installati on Guide for s pe ci fi c enclosur e r equir ements. Installing multiple s w itche s If y ou do not hav e a DHCP server connec[...]

2. Remo v e the slot co ve r (if installed). CA UTI ON: Pr operly ground y ourself bef or e handling the swit ch . 3. Pr ess the handle latc h to r elease the ins tallatio n handle. See Fi g u re 4 . scale: 2/3" = 1" 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 ! Reset 26 47 5 a 2 3 1 Figure 4 R eleasing the install ation handle T able 9 Rele ase mechani sm comp[...]

26 48 1a 20 21 22 23 0 Figure 5 Installing t he Brocade 8 Gb SAN S witch into an in terconnect bay 5. Pr ess the ins tallation handle int o the latch t o lock the Br ocade 8Gb S AN S w itc h in place. CA UT ION: All panels and doors should be in place a nd sec ur ely f astened while the unit is in operati on, f or pr oper cooling and for EMI emissi[...]

scale: 1" = 1" 17 18 19 20 ! Reset 26 477 a 1 2 3 4 Fig ure 6 V eri fyi ng p ower-on LED s T able 1 0 P ow er -on LE Ds Item Description Indicators 1U I D L E D Off 2 Health ID LE D Steady gr een light 3 Module st atus LED Stead y gr een ligh t 4 Po r t s t a t u s L E D Stead y gr een ligh t Set the s w itc h Ether net IP addr ess T o se[...]

NO TE: Refer to th e HP BladeS y stem Onboard Administr ator u ser guide fo r additional infor mation on EBIP A. Usi ng exte rna l DH CP T o set the Ethernet IP addr ess using e xter nal DHCP: 1. Connect to the acti v e O A w ith a w eb bro wser . 2. Document the DHCP-assigned addr ess b y selecting the s w itc h fr om the O A GU I Rack Overvie w w[...]

9. Identify the inter connect bay n umber wher e the s wit ch is installed . At the OA command line , enter : connect interconnect x Where x is the i nter connect bay slot w her e the s w itc h is install ed. a. User : admin b. Pa s s w o r d : password NO TE: Enter en tri es as sho wn , because commands are case sensiti ve . 10 . Or , follo w the [...]

1. Connect the w or kstation to the Ether net netwo rk containing the O A. If the OA is not on a netw ork , connect dir ectl y to the O A/iL O E thernet port on the acti ve O A. IMPORT AN T : V erify that the switch is not being recon fi gured f r om an y ot her connecti ons dur ing th e r emaining st eps . 2. Open a T elnet connection u sing the [...]

nl switch:admin> licenseshow nl nl XXXnnXXnXnnXXX: nl nl Fabric Watch license nl nl Release v5.0 license nl nl XXXnnXXnXnnXXX: nl nl Zoning license nl nl XXXnnXXnXnnXXX: nl nl Web license nl nl XXXnnXXnXnnXXX: nl nl Full Fabric NO TE: F or mor e inf ormati on about t he CLI, r efer t o the la test v e rsi on of t he F abr ic O S comma nd r efer [...]

1. I fy o uh a v en o ta l r e a d yd o n es o ,c o n n e c tt ot h es w i t c h , a n dl o gi n a s admin ,a sd e s c r i b e di n Connec t to the Command L ine Inte rface . 2. Issue the switchDisable command . All F ibre Channel ports on the sw itc h are tak en of fl ine . If the sw it ch w as part of a fabr ic , the fa bri c re c on fi gures .[...]

nl The f ollow ing sho ws e x amples of the licensePort -show command f or a Br ocade 8/1 2 S AN S w itc h and a Br ocade 8/2 4 SAN S witc h: Ex ample for Br ocade 8/1 2 SAN S witch swd77:admin> licenseport -show 24 ports are av ailable in this switch No POD licenses are installed Dynamic POD method is in use 12 port assignments are provisioned [...]

3. Enter fabricshow t o get general inf ormati on about the fabr i c. Backing up the con fi gur ation To b a c k u p t h e s w i t c h c o n fi g ur ation to an F TP server , enter configupload and follo w the pr ompts. The configupload command copies the s w itc h con fi gurati on to the server , m aking it av ailable f or do wnl oading to a r [...]

3 M ana gin g t he 8Gb S AN S witc h Thi s chapte r pro vides the f ollo w ing inf ormati on: • Management fe atur es ,p a g e3 1 • Maintaining the 8Gb S AN S wi tch ,p a g e3 2 • Po w e r i n g o n a n d o f f , page 33 • Interpreting LED acti vity , page 34 • LED patterns , page 34 • PO S T and boot speci fi cations ,p a g e3 6 • F[...]

Y ou c an connect a management st ation to one s w itch w ith Ether net w hile managing other sw itc hes connected t o the fi rst s w itc h with FC. T o do so, set the FC gate w ay addr ess of eac h of the other s w itche s to be managed to the FC IP ad dr ess o f the fi rst sw itch. The gate w ay addr es s of the fi rst s w itc h should be set [...]

2. Ori ent the SFP with the appr opri ate port. See Fi g u r e 7 and Ta b l e 1 3 . scale: 3/8" = 1" 21 22 23 0 17 18 19 20 ! 8 0 -1 000 7 4-0 1 R e v .C W H 0 4 000 02 1 1 MA C 00 0 5 1E 35 A2 D6 W W N 10 :00 :0 0:0 5:1E :3 5:A 2 :D 6 Reset b SAN Switch 26 479a 1 2 B ROCADE Figure 7 Installin g an SFP T able 1 3 SF P comp onent s Item De[...]

NO TE: Each time the 8Gb SAN S witc h is power ed on , its settings are r estor ed to the last sa ved con fi gur at ion . Interpr etin g LED acti v it y Y ou can monitor sw it ch ac tiv it y and statu s by c hecking 8Gb S AN Sw itc h LEDs . There ar e th r ee poss ible L ED states : no light, a stea dy light, or a fl ashing light . The stead y li[...]

Module status LE Dp a t t e r n s The syst em a n d p ower LED p attern s are sho wn in Ta b l e 1 5 . T able 1 5 Module Status LED pa tterns during norm al operation LED name LED color Sta tus o f hard ware Recommended a ction No light S witc h is off , boot is not complete , or boot failed . Ve r i f y t h a t s w i t c h i s o n and completed bo[...]

LED name LED color Status of hardware Recommend ed actio n Fa s t - fl ashing amber (on 1/2 sec ond, off 1 /2 sec ond) Po r t i s f a u l t y . Check the P or t St atus LEDs, error log, tr anscei v er , and cable or loopback plug. Cle ar the error log. Rerun the di agnostics to ver ify that the erro r condition is fi xed. Altern ati ng gr een and[...]

2. V erify that the 8Gb S AN S wi tch pr ompt appears on the terminal o f a computer w orks tation connected to the s w itch . If there is no s w itc h pr ompt when P OS T completes, pr ess Enter .I f t h e s w i t c h pr ompt still does not appear , tr y opening another T elnet sessi on or another management tool. If this is not su ccessful, the 8[...]

scale: 1" = 1" 17 18 19 20 ! Reset 26 478a 2 1 Figu re 9 Loc atin g t he Res et bu t ton T able 1 7 Lo catin g the rese t button Item Description 1 Po r t s i d e o f s w i t c h 2 Rese t b ut to n R ebooting the s w itch De press the Reset butto n for up to 5 secon ds to reboot th e sw itch. R eplac ing a fa ulty 8Gb S AN S w itc h T o r[...]

7. Conn ect to the switch console, enter: connect interconnect < bay number > 8. Change the pass w or d when pr ompt ed by the s w itc h. 9. To r e s t o r e t h e c o n fi guration , y ou must disable the s w itch w ith the CLI, the integr ated W eb T ools GUI, or the optional F abr i c Manager GUI. NO TE: If using the CLI, e nter switchDis[...]

40 Managing the 8Gb S AN S witc h[...]

A Regula tor y com p lia nce an d saf ety R egulatory compli ance F eder al C ommunications Commission noti ce for Class A equipment This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply w ith the limits f or a Class A digital de v ice , pursuant to P art 1 5 of the FCC R ules . These limits ar e designed to pr ov ide r eas onable pr otec tion agains[...]

WA R N I N G ! Use of contr ols or adjustments or perfor mance of pr o cedures o ther than thos e speci fi ed he r ei n or in the laser pr od uct’s installati on guide ma y r esult in haz ar dous r adiati on e xposure . T o r educe the r isk of e x p o s u re to h a za rd o us ra d i a t io n : • Do not try to open the laser dev ice encl osure[...]

E ur opean uni on r egulatory notice BS M I n o t ic e Japanes e noti ce Br ocade 8Gb S AN S w itc h for HP Blade S ystem c-C lass 43[...]

Ko r e a n n o t i c e Safet y Batter y r eplacement notice Y our sw itc h is equipped w ith a lithium manganese di o x ide , a v anadium pento x ide , or an alk a line int ernal battery or battery pack. Ther e is a danger of e xplo sion and r isk of pers onal injury if the battery is incorr ectl y r eplaced or mistreated . Replacement is to be don[...]

Po w e r c o r d s The p ower c o rd se t must meet the r equirements f or use in t he countr y wher e the product was pur c hased . If the pr oduct is to be u sed in another country , pur chas e a pow er cor d that is appr o v ed for u se in that country . The p ower c o rd mu st be r ated fo r the pr oduct and f or the volt age and cur r ent mark[...]

46 Regu latory compli ance and safe ty[...]

B E lect r ost at i c di sc har ge This appendi x pro v ides the f ollo w ing inf ormatio n: • Ho w to pre vent electr ostatic dischar ge , page 4 7 • Gr ounding methods , page 4 7 Ho w to pr e v ent elec tr ostati c disc harge T o pre vent damage to the s y stem , you mu st follo w c ertain precauti ons when setting up the s y stem or handling[...]

48 Electr ostati c dischar ge[...]

C S AN S witc h tec hnical spe c i fi cations This appendi x pro v ides the f ollo w ing inf ormatio n: • Gener al speci fi cati ons ,p a g e4 9 • We i g h t a n d p h y s i c a l d i m e n s i o n s , page 50 • Env ir onmental r equir ements ,p a g e5 0 • Supported SFP s , page 5 1 • Supported HB As , page 5 1 Gene r al s pec i fi cat[...]

Speci fi cation Description EMC immunity • IEC 6 1 000-4 -2 S everi ty Leve l 3 for Ele ct rosta tic D is cha rge • IEC 6 1 000-4-3 S everi t y Leve l 3 for Rad ia t ed Fie ld s • IEC 6 1 000-4-4 S everi t y Leve l 3 fo r Fas t T ran s ien ts • IEC 6 1 000-4-5 S everi t y Leve l 3 fo r S urg e V ol ta g e • IEC 6 1 000-4 - 6 Conducted Em[...]

Supported SFP s Do not use unsu p ported SFP s. T hey ma y not fi t corr e ctl y and may v o id y our w arr anty . An y port with an unsupported SFP will a utomaticall y be disabled b y s w itc h fi rm war e , lea vi ng the port non-operational . See Supported SFP tr ansce i ve r options , page 1 7 for a list of supported SFP s. F or a complete l[...]

52 S AN S w itc h techni cal spec i fi cations[...]

Gl o s sa ry This glossa ry d e fi nes terms us ed in this guide or related to this pr oduct . It is not a comprehensi v e glossa ry of comp uter term s. AL_P A Arbitr ated loop ph y sical addr es s. A unique 8-bit v alue assi gned during loop initiali zati on to a port in an arbitr ated loop . See a lso ??? . alias ser ver A fabr ic s oftwar e fa[...]

DLS Dynami c load shar ing . Dynamic dist ributi on of tr af fi co v e ra v a i l a b l ep a t h s . Allo ws f or recomputing of r outes when an Fx_P or t or E_P or t changes st atus. domain ID Uniq ue ide nti fi er used in r outing fr ames f or all s wit ches in a f abri c. Usuall y a s s i g n e db y t h ep r i n c i p a ls w i t c h ,b u tc a [...]

FL OGI T he proces s by w hic h an N_P or t deter mines whether a f abr ic is pr esent and, if so , e xc hanges serv i ce parameter s w ith it . See a lso ??? . FL_P or t F abr ic loop port. A port that is able to transmit under f abr ic pr otocol and has arbitr ated loop capabilitie s. Can also be used to connec t an NL_P ort to a swi tch . See al[...]

latency T h et i m er e q u i r e dt ot r a n s m i taf r a m ef r o mt h et i m ei ti ss e n tu n t i li ta r r i v e s . T ogether , latency and bandw i dth de fi ne the speed and capac ity of a link or syst em . link With r espec t to FC, a ph y sical connect ion betw een two ports, consisting o f both transmit and r ecei ve fi ber s. link ser[...]

packet A set o f infor mation tr a nsmitted acr oss a network . participating mode A mode in whi c h an L_P ort in a loop has a v alid AL_P A and can arbitr ate , send fr ames, and r etransmit r ecei v ed transmis sions . path selection The selec tion of a tr ansmis sion path thr ough the fabr ic . HP sw itc hes us e the F S PF pr otocol for tr ans[...]

RSCN R egister ed st ate c hange noti fi cation . A s w itch f unction that allo w s noti fi cation of fabr ic c hanges to be sent f r om the s witc h to the spec i fi ed node s. SAN Stor age area netw ork . A networ k of s y stems and stor age de v ices that communicate u sing FC prot ocols. SDRAM S ync hr ono us dy nami c r andom access memo r[...]

works tati on A computer used to access and manage the fabr ic . May also be called a management s tati on or host . WWN W orld wide n ame. An id enti fi er that is unique w orld w ide . Eac h entit y in a fabr i c has a distinct WWN. zon e A set of de v ices and hos ts attac hed to the same fa br ic and con fi gur ed as being in the same z one .[...]

60 Glossary[...]

In de x A adv anced we b tools ,3 1 adv anced z oning ,1 6 audience ,9 B boot ,3 6 boot spec i fi cations ,3 6 C command line interf ace ,3 1 conv enti ons doc ument ,1 0 text s ymbols ,1 0 D diagnos tic s ,3 3 doc ument conv enti ons ,1 0 related docume ntation ,9 ,9 doc umentation pr o vi ding feedbac k ,1 1 E EIA ,2 0 env ironmental requirement[...]

S FP t ra n sc eive rs supported ,5 1 shipping carton contents ,1 9 SNMP appli catio ns ,3 1 speci fi cations env ir onmental r equire ments ,5 0 gener al ,4 9 ph y si cal ,5 0 S ubs crib e r' s cho ice, H P ,1 1 supported HB As ,5 1 supported sfp options ,1 7 supported SFP s ,5 1 sym b o ls i n t ex t ,1 0 T tec hnical su pport HP ,9 text s [...]