HP (Hewlett-Packard) 6600 SERIES manual

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T able 5 : S F P + vs . X2 opt ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 T able 6: Ca pac ity , p erfo rman ce , a nd featu res co mpar is on of th e 66 00 seri es pr oducts . . . . . . . 3 3 Fi gure 1 8: 4-por t 1 0 -GbE bloc ks sho wi ng ho w ports are gr ou ped to a 1 4 . 4- Gbp s cha nne l . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Fi gure 1 9 : 1 0 [...]

7 Ex ec utiv e summ ar y HP net worki ng has an exte ns ive li ne of net working products built around the concept of the Pr oCur ve Adapti ve Net work vi sion that provides the securi t y , mobility , and convergence capabi lities bus inesse s demand while giv ing technology a dm inistrators the abil ity to a dapt to the changi ng ne eds of their [...]

8 P roduc t posi tioning Ove r vi e w The intelli gence, throughput , scalabil it y , and p h ysical c onnec ti vit y options of the 66 0 0 series mak e them sui table for applications at the ser ver edge or aggrega ti on/ distri bution layer of a compute net w ork. The 6600 swit ch series leverages the same Pro Vision AS IC and sof tware found in [...]

9 Fig ure 1 provides an e xample of a three -tiered networking model with top -of-rack net worki ng compon ents. Data center network Core Server and network “packs” All applications have standard server deployment Distribution Top of rack: enables standard server edge/edge networking racks ProCurve edge switches deplo yed as part of a standard [...]

1 0 6 6 00 s eries sy stem o v er vie w The HP ProCurve 6600 S witch Seri es was de s igned to b e co-lo cated with data center ser vers for both top -of- rack edge access and e nd- of -row aggregation and distribut ion deployment mo dels. T o suppor t high av ailabi lity in a 1 U form fa ctor , all 6600 series product s allo w for redundant hot-sw[...]

1 1 suppor ts only the 1 200 W AC s upply , although the 6600 series is capable of suppor ting DC and other common-slot supplies. T wo A C-to - 1 2 - V DC power suppli es can be configured as 1 + 1 redundant supplies. The system i s fully powered with ei ther p o wer supply , and either power supply ( but not b oth ) can be removed and replaced whi[...]

1 2 Figur e 4: Defau lt air flow di rec tion an d con nec tivit y sid e view of th e 6600 - 24XG swit ch In the event of an i ndividual fan fa ilure , an SNMP trap a nd event log entr y is generate d . A system can typically operate for quite a long time wi th a single fan fai lure ( out of the eight ), as the remai ning fans can i ncrease spee d t[...]

1 3 swit ches would more lik ely have their network p ort s fac ing tow ard the b ack ( hot aisle ) of the cabinet to fac ilitate ser ver connectivi t y . With thi s intention , the default configurat ion for the command is, “P ower -to- P or t ” , so the “fan -pref-airflow-dir” command wi ll not show up in the con figuration f ile— it is[...]

1 4 Figur e 6: Close up view of t he HP Pro Cur ve 6600 Swi tch S eries LE Ds Proc ess or The CPU processor is a Freescale P ow erPC 8540 operating at 66 7 MHz . Mem or y SD RA M S ynchronous Dynamic RA M ( SDR AM) is used for the storage of uncompresse d ex ecutable code and da ta structures. The SDR AM consists of a 25 6 MB DD R - 1 D IMM in the [...]

1 5 Con sol e por t The console por t allows for R S- 2 3 2 serial connectivity for local manag ement and confi guration . For the 6600 - 48G , 6600 - 4 8G -4X G, a nd 6600 - 24 XG sw itches, the console por t is an R J- 4 5 connector . T o connec t to the console, an RJ -45– to – DB - 9 cable is prov ided with each switch to c onnec t to the s[...]

1 6 Des cr ipt ion The HP ProCurve 6600 - 2 4G Sw itch is a data center optim ized , advanced Layer 3 1 U stackable swit ch with 20 1 0 / 1 00 / 1 00 0Base - T por ts and 4 dual- personality p ort s. The 6 600 s eries 1 U form fac tor swi tches are enhanced for ser ver edge connec ti vit y wi th front-to -back cooling, r edund ant hot-swa pp able p[...]

1 7 The ASIC layout sho wn in Fi gure 8 for the data center focused 6600 - 24G- 4 XG swi tch adds an NGX AS IC to provi de a 1 0- Gb uplink capabi lity to this swi tch mode l . Unli ke the 3 500yl - 2 4G switch , where the yl 1 0 - Gb module is rear mounted, the 6600 - 24G-4XG sw itch mov es the 1 0 -Gb p ort s to the front of the swi tch for si mp[...]

1 8 HP P r oC ur v e 6 600- 4 8 G S wi tc h (J 9 4 5 1 A) 4 port mGBIC 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY NG ASIC 24 gig MACs 4 port mGBIC 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY NG ASIC 24 gig MACs 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port[...]

1 9 HP P r oC ur v e 6 600- 4 8 G -4 X G S wi tc h (J 9 4 5 2A) SFP+ port SFP+ port NGX ASIC 18MB pkt buffer 4 10gig MACs SFP+ port SFP+ port Four Wire speed 10 GbE NGX ASIC 18MB pkt buffer 4 10gig MACs SFP+ port SFP+ port NGX ASIC 18MB pkt buffer 4 10gig MACs SFP+ port SFP+ port NGX ASIC 18MB pkt buffer 4 10gig MACs 6 port PHY 6 port PHY 6 port PH[...]

2 0 T able 3 details the comparison of the 6600- 48 G / 48G- 4X G swit ches, the 29 1 0 al-48G , and the 3 500yl -48G swit ches in more detail . 29 1 0a l- 48G 6600 - 48G 660 0- 48G - 4X G 3500 yl- 48G Rack hei ght 1 U 1 U 1 U 1 U 1 - Gb R J -45 48 48 48 48 1 - Gb SFP 4 * 4 * – 4 * 1 0 -G b SFP + 4 (2 X2/ 2 C X4 ) – 4 4 (2 X2/ 2 C X4 ) Max. 1-G[...]

2 1 For hi gh- availab ility configur ations with the 6600- 48G-4XG sw itch , users should consider trunking the 1 0 -G b uplin ks a cr oss o dd and even port s to take adv antage of the dual p aths to separate NGX chi ps, as shown i n Fig ure 1 1 . T runk 1 4 9 NGX 50 5 1 5 2 T runk 2 Figur e 1 1: Recom men ded t runkin g uplin k conf igura tion f[...]

2 2 features, such as QoS and security , to b e i mplem ented in a scalable yet gr anular fashion . With a va riet y of connectivity interfa ces and e xp anded buffering, the 6600 swit ches of fer ex cellent in vestment prote ction , flexi bili t y , and scalabil it y , as well as ease of deployment and reduced o perational expense . From a desi gn[...]

2 3 Poli cy En forc eme nt En gi ne The Pro Visi on net work ASICs contai n the Pol icy Enforcement Eng ine. Th is engine pro vides fast p ack et classif ication to be applied to A CL s, QoS , rate lim iting , and some oth er features through an onboard T ernar y Content Addressabl e Memor y (T C AM) . Some of the vari able s that can be used inclu[...]

2 4 Layer 2 forwarding table is k ept fresh through the use of this CP U . O ther per - por t protocols, s uch as Spanning T ree Protocol and LACP , also are run on th is CPU . The local CPU , being a full-function m icroprocessor , allo ws functionali t y update s through futu re sof tware release s . Fab ric A SIC The Fabric AS IC provides the cr[...]

2 5 HP P r oC ur v e 6 600 S wi t ch F an T ray (J 92 7 1 A ) See reference in earlier te x t to HP Pr oCur ve 66 0 0 S wi tch Fan T ray ( J 92 7 1 A) . R ac k mou nt i ng opt i ons 2-p ost t elc o rac ks As p art of the 6600 series p ack age, each switc h ships w ith rack ears for mounting in 2 -p ost telco racks. Addit ional rack mount options an[...]

2 6 6 600 se ri es a i r plen um s The HP ProCurve 6600 Series Air plenum is desi gned to h elp preser ve c old -aisle /hot-aisle separation for impro ved cooling effic iency wh en the 6600 swi tch is co-l ocated with top- of-rack ser vers . In t ypical top- of-rack ser ver connectivi t y envi ronments, the Ethern et por ts face the hot aisle to al[...]

2 7 ser vers at the top of rack. The ai r plenum prevents cold air from leaki ng around sides of the 6600 switch t o promote more efficient c oo l ing and is recommended with installations where the 6600 swi tch is mounted with Ethernet p ort s fac ing the hot aisle . Figure 1 7 details this particular a ir plenum. Not e : For use wit h the 660 0-2[...]

2 8 Ov er vie w of features an d benefits The ProCu r ve 6600 S witch Ser ies, lik e the 8 200zl , 5400zl, 6 200yl, and 3 500yl series switc hes, uses th e same soft ware i mag e base (letter de si gnate d K -cod e , for exa mple, K. 1 4.xx) . The 6600 swi tch series offer s a premi um soft ware l icense for advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 ser vi ces:[...]

2 9 Fea ture B enef its Mult iple use r authe nticatio n met hods Client- ba sed acc ess con trol using I EEE 802. 1X, W eb -b ase d, MAC-b ase d authe ntication, R AD IUS, and TA C ACS+ . At initial re lea se, the com bination s of auth enticatio n meth ods all owed simult aneou sly on a p ort a re IEEE 802. 1 X/ W eb a nd 802. 1X/ M AC. Secur e m[...]

3 0 F eatu re se t su mm ar y Addit ional details about the ProCurve 6600 S witch Series and 8 200zl, 54 0 0z l, 6 200yl, and 3 500yl series features include the follow ing : Da ta c ente r opt imi zed • Front-t o-b ack air flow : designed to be co -located at t he top of a ser ver rac k, the 6600 se ri es supp ort s front-to- back airflow ( m[...]

3 1 Per form anc e • Hi gh-spe ed/ - cap acit y archite cture : based o n the purpose -built P ro Vision ASICs to prov ide superior system per formance and scalabil it y • S elec tabl e queue co nfigurations : increase per formance by selecting the number of queues and asso c iated memor y buffering that b est meet th e requi rements of n[...]

3 2 • I CMP th rottlin g : defeat s ICMP denial- of - service at tacks by enabli ng any swi tch por t to automatically th rot tle ICMP traf fi c • Vir us throt tling : detects traf fi c p atterns t ypical of W ORM -t ype viruses and ei ther throt tles or entirely prevents the abil it y of the virus to spread across the routed VL ANs or br[...]

3 3 W ar ran ty a nd su ppo rt • ProCu rve Lifetim e W arrant y ♦ : for as long as you own the product, w ith next-business- day advance replacement (ava ilable in most countries ) • E lec tronic and te lepho ne suppor t : li mited elec tron ic and teleph one suppor t is av ailable from HP ; refer to the HP website at ww w .procur ve.co[...]

3 4 Rout in g and fo r wardi ng ta bl es The ProCu r ve 6600 S witch Ser ies has several routi ng and for wardi ng table fe atures that enhance routi ng and swit ching perfor mance . Ever y NG /NG X inter face has its own “best-match prefix” r outing table that contains IP routes and is used for dete rmi ning ho w to route the vast majority of [...]

3 5 Howe ver , when mo re than two por ts per 4 -p ort 1 0- GbE b lock are i n a link ed state, por ts 1 and 4 are statically mappe d to share one 1 4. 4 -Gb ps channel , while por ts 2 and 3 are statical ly mapp ed to share the other 1 4 .4- Gbps channel. Thus , if only one por t in a gi ven channel is in a l ink e d state , then th at por t opera[...]

3 6 Th ro ug hpu t and l aten cy per f orma nc e dat a T ables 7 through 9 describe the per formance capabili ties of the 1 0 - Gbps, 1 - Gbps, and 1 0 0- Mbps interface module po rt s of the P roCur ve 6 600 Swi tch Series. Over a range of packet si zes from 64 bytes to 1 5 1 8 bytes, the per formance levels achi eved are described in terms of the[...]

3 7 In the unli kely case where the average packet si ze is cons istently smaller , th e throughput w ill be les s than wi re spee d . For exa mple, consider a w orst- case scenario , where the average p ack et siz e is 64 byte s . This w ould result in a thr oughput of approxi mate ly 7 0% to 80% of the rated wire-sp eed capacity . HP net worki ng[...]

3 8 Pow er S ave mode Cer tai n mo dels of the 6600 series swit ches ha v e implemente d advanced pow er-savi ng capabilit ies to reduce power cons umed by unused or idle p ort s . The 6600 - 24 XG , 6600- 48G , and 6600 -48G -4X G switches allow users to turn off groups of por ts to save power b y entering the CLI savepow er command at the glob al[...]

3 9 Opt i ona l su pport ser v ic es In additi on to free suppo rt ser vices such as the warra nt y and telephon e su pp ort, HP net worki ng of fers an extensiv e range of fee -b ased suppor t ser vices to meet more spe c iali zed nee ds. The fol lowing opti onal ser vices are ava ilable for the ProCurve 6600 Sw itch Series : • O ns ite next [...]

4 0 OOB M l im ita ti on s • sFlow : It is not pos si ble to send s F low samples to a collector over the OOBM po rt; sFlow m ust b e captur e d and sent in-b and . • O OBM futures : Features to be impleme nted in the future , though no time frame has been committe d , include IPv6 host capabili ties, LLDP disco ver y , and A CL s . •?[...]

4 1 The T C AM can suppor t appro ximately 3 , 0 00 data entries that m ay be used to represent various traffic controls , includ ing A CL s . For most customers, this quant it y of entries wi ll be more than ad equate to provide w ire- speed per formance for A CL processing. K eep in mind that each A CL entr y may consi st of multiple criteri a, s[...]

4 2 Appen dix D: virus throt tle sec urit y Virus throttle is base d on the detection of anomalous b ehavior of network traffic that differs from a normal activity . Under no rmal activi t y , a ser ver wi ll make fai rly few outgoing connections to new c lients or ser vers, but instead, is more l ikely to connect regularly to the same set of end n[...]

4 3 R espo nse o pti on s The response b ehavior of connection-rate filtering can be adj usted by using fi ltering options. When a w orm -lik e behavior is detec ted, the connection-rate filter can respond to the threat s on the por t in the follow ing ways : • N otify only of p otential a ttac k : Whi le the app arent attack continues, the sw[...]

44 VRRP i s an elec tion pro tocol t hat dy namically a ssigns re spo nsibility fo r a virt ual rout er on a L AN. It p rovides high a vailabilit y for a de fault ga teway with out the n eed t o reconfi gure end h osts Route r A Mult iple rou ter inter fac es comp rise a vir tual rout er config ured with a comm on virt ual IP a ddres s : 1 0. 1 . 1[...]

4 5 Fig ure F- 1 shows that there are three equal -cost, next-hop pa ths from R outer A to the de sti nation subnets with load -sharing acr os s redundant li nks. At any poi nt in ti me, Router A ’ s routing table could have inf orma ti on indi cating the follow ing : Dest inati on subne t Next h op 1 0. 1 .0. 0/ 1 6 Rou ter C 1 0. 2.0 .0 / 1 6 R[...]

4 6 LED Sta te I ndic ation PS On (gre en) A power supp ly is inst alled in t he positio n in the ba ck of the swi tch, and the su pply is p lugg ed into an acti ve A C p ower source. A s shippe d, the switch h as a single p ower supp ly in positio n 1 . Blinking (ora nge) One o f the switch ’ s redu ndant p ower supp lies has f ailed. The s witc[...]

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