Cisco Systems 9124E manual

Ci s c o M D S 9 1 2 4 e Fa b ri c S wi t ch f o r HP c -Clas s Blade S y s tem user gu ide P art numbe r : AA-R WEB A- TE Secon d edit ion: Sep tember 2 00 7[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switc h for HP c-Class BladeSystem 3 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Contents 4 3 Managing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Management features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Maintaining the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switc h for HP c-Class BladeSystem 5 Supported SFPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Supported HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Glossary . . . . . . .[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 7 About th is gu ide This gui de pr ov ides infor matio n about setting up and conf igur ing the C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e F abri c S w itc h for HP c -Class Blade S y stem . Thr oug hout this guide the short pr oduct name is used , Cis co M D S 912 4 e S w i t c h . Intended a udience This gui de[...]

About This Guide 8 • In the United Stat es, f or con tact opti ons see the Cont act HP United S tates w eb page: http://we lcome.hp .com/countr y/us/en/contac t_us .html • Call 1 -800 -HP -INVENT ( 1 -800- 4 7 4 -6 8 36). This s ervi ce is av ailable 2 4 hours a da y , 7 day s a w eek. F or continuous q uality impr o ve ment , calls may be r e [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 9 IMPOR T ANT : Pr o v ides c lar ify ing inf ormati on or spec ific ins truc tio ns. NO TE: Pr o v ides additi onal inf ormati on . TI P: Pr o v ides he lpfu l hints and shortc uts . Sub sc r iption s ervi ce HP strongly recomm ends t hat customers register on line us ing th e Subscriber’s[...]

About This Guide 10[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 11 1 Ov er v ie w The C isco MDS 9 1 2 4e F abr ic S witc h for HP c -Clas s BladeS yst em (re fer r ed to her eafter as the Ci sco MDS 9 1 2 4e F abr ic S witc h) is a F ibr e Channel (FC) s w itc h that supports link speeds of up to 4 Gb . The C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e F abric S witc h can oper [...]

Overview 12 • Heter ogeneous support for mi x ed stor a ge fa bri cs • P ow er supplied and contr olled b y the Blade S y st em enclo sur e • Identif icati on to H P chas sis managemen t v ia HP spec ified SEEPR OMs • Hot-sw ap capab ility • Compatible w ith r edundant and dual r edundant s w itc h conf igur ati ons in c -Clas s Blade S y[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 13 P or t side o f the S w itch Fi g ur e 2 and Ta b l e 3 identify Cisco MD S 9 1 2 4e Fabr i c S w itc h exte rnal ports (ports EXT 1 through EXT 4 and ports EXT 5 thr ough E XT 8) . Fi g ur e 2 Ci sco MD S 9 1 2 4e F abri c S wit ch ex ter nal p orts NO TE: Ref er to Interpr eting LED acti[...]

Overview 14 S wit c h licensing The C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e Fa bri c S witc h integr ate s one of tw o licens e options that compleme nt e x isting HP pr oduct lines . Models and their spec ific li cense s ar e desc r ibed next: • Cis co MDS 9 1 2 4e F abr ic S wit ch f or HP c -Clas s BladeS yst em, bas e , integr ating 1 2 acti v e ports (8 inter [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 15 Optional har d w ar e kits Ta b l e 4 lists optional har dwar e kits that su pport the sw itc h. F or additional opti ons, go to the HP w e b site: http://www .hp .co m Ta b l e 4 O pt io n a l h a rdw are Access ory P art nu mber Short wa v elength 4G b FC SFP , 4 pac k 5 00m AE3 7 9A Lon[...]

Overview 16[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 17 2 Setu p This chapter pr o v ides the follo w ing inform ation: •S h i p p i n g c a r t o n c o n t e n t s • Installati on and saf ety consider ati ons • Installing the sw itch • Setting the IP addr ess •C o n f i g u r i n g t h e s w i t c h • R eco v er ing the admin pas s[...]

Set Up 18 Installati on and saf ety consider ations The C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e Fabr i c S w itc h installs in the I/O bay s in the rear of the HP c -Clas s BladeS ystem enc losur e . R ef er to the HP BladeS yste m c7 000 Enclo sur e setu p and installation gui de fo r spec if ic enclo sur e r eq uir ements . Installing m ultiple s wit c hes Install [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 19 1. Locat e the appr opr iat e inter connec t bay in the r ear of the e nclo sur e per the HP BladeS yste m c7 000 Enclos ur e setup and inst allation gui de pro v i ded with y our enc losur e . 2. Re mov e the slot co v er , if installed . IMPOR T ANT : P opulate all enc losur e I/O ba y s[...]

Set Up 20 Fi g ur e 5 Installing the C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e F abri c S w itc h into an inter connect bay 6. Pr ess the ins tallati on handle into the latc h to loc k the sw itch in place . OA p o we r v e ri f ic a t i o n As def ined earli er , the HP Blade S y ste m Onboard A dministr ator (O A) is the enclo sur e management tool that manages the d[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 21 Che cki ng LED s See Fi g u re 6 to loc ate po wer -on LEDs. Fi g ur e 6 Ve r i f y i n g p o w e r - o n L E D s V erify that the LEDs match the indi cator s desc r ibed in Ta b l e 7 . Ta b l e 7 Po w e r - o n L E D s Setting the IP addr es s Obtain the fo llo w ing items to set the IP [...]

Set Up 22 • In a UNIX en v ir onment , ty pe: tip /dev/ttyb –9600 5. Log in to th e OA . 6. Identify the inter connect ba y number w her e the s w itc h is installed . 7. T y pe the follo wing at the command li ne: OA> connect interconnect x Where x is the inter connect ba y number w her e the s w itch is inst alled . If yo u ar e using the [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 23 Con figurin g t he S w it ch The C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e Fabr i c S w itch must be conf ig ur ed to ensur e corr ect operati on w ithin a networ k and f abr ic . F or instr uc tions abou t conf igur ing the s w itc h to oper ate in a fa bri c containing s w itches f r om other v endors , r ef[...]

Set Up 24 Setting the date and time Date and time are u sed for logging e v ents . Cis co MDS 9 1 2 4e Fabr i c S w itc h operati on does no t depend on the date and time. A s w itc h w ith an incor r ect date and time v alue w ill func tion pr ope rl y . T o set the date and time using the CLI: 1. If yo u hav e not alr eady done s o , connect to t[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 25 Modifying the FC domain ID (opti onal) If desir ed, yo u can modify the domain ID. If the C isco MDS 9 1 2 4e F a bri c S w itc h is not po w er ed on until after it is connected to the f abr ic and the def a ult FC domain ID is alr eady in us e , the domain ID for the ne w s w itc h is au[...]

Set Up 26 V er if y ing the conf igur ation Use th e show interface and show module commands to verify s w itch conf igur ation . T he fo llo w ing sho ws ho w to en ter the show interface command: switch# show interface ext1 The f ollow ing sho w s ho w to enter the show module command: switch# show module Bac king up the conf igur ation Use th e [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 27 10 . Enter a ne w admin pass wor d . switch(boot)(config)# admin-password <new password> switch(boot)(config)# exit switch(boot)# 11 . Vie w the s ys tem image in bootflash . switch(boot)# dir bootflash: F or e x ample: m9 1 00 -s2ek9-mz . 3 . 1 .3a .bin 12 . L oad the s y st em imag[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 29 3 Managing the S w itch This chapter pr o v ides the follo w ing inform ation: • Management featur es • Maintaining the s w itch • R eplac ing the s w itc h • P o we r ing on and off • Interpretin g LED activ ity • PO S T and boot specif i cati ons • Interpretin g PO S T resu[...]

Managing the Switch 30 The gate way addr es s of the fi rst s w itc h should be set to what ev er the gate w ay addr ess is for the subnet on whi c h the firs t sw itch re sides . See Ta b l e 9 . Maintaining the S w itc h The C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e Sw itc h does not r equir e an y r egular ph y sical mainte nance . Ho w e ver , it is cr itic al that[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 31 Fi g ur e 7 Installing an SFP 3. Insert the SFP into the port until you hear a cli c k. 4. Close the bail. Re p l a cin g t h e Swi tch In some cas es, y ou may need to replace a C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e S wit ch . T o replace a C isco MD S 9 1 2 4 e s w itch in the HP BladeS ystem c -Class en[...]

Managing the Switch 32 7. Cr eate an admin pass w or d w hen pr ompted b y the sw itch . 8. Contin ue w ith the setup conf igur ation and ente r the appr opr iat e infor mati on that matche s the C isco MD S 9 1 2 4e S w itc h that y ou r emo v ed . 9. Install the same C isco MDS S AN - OS r el ease as w as installed on the C isco MDS 9 1 2 4e S w [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 33 Inter pr eting LED acti vity Y ou can monito r s w itch ac ti v ity and status b y chec king the s w itc h LEDs . The r e are thr ee po ssible LED state s: no light , a stead y light , or a flashing li ght . The s tead y lights and flashi ng lights can be gr een or ambe r . The LEDs f lash[...]

Managing the Switch 34 LED patterns Ta b l e 1 2 summari z es LED color and meaning . The f ollo w ing indi cates port link speeds: • No ligh t — 1Gbps • Gr een — 2 Gbps • Amb er — 4 G bps • Sho ws gr een/amber — Inv alid SFP P O S T and boot s pec ifi cati o ns PO S T is a s y stem c hec k that is perfor med each time the s w itc h[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 35 Boot Boot completes in appr o x imatel y thr ee minut es if P OS T is run . Boot includes the f ollo wing tasks after POST co mp le tes : • Uni v ersal port conf igur ati on • L inks initiali zed • The f abr ic is anal yz ed , and if an y ports are connect ed to other s wit che s, th[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 37 A R egulator y compli ance and saf et y R egulatory compli ance F ed eral Com mun icat ion s Com mi ssion not ice for Clas s A e qui pm ent This eq uipment has been tes ted and f ound to compl y with the limits f or a Clas s A digital de v ice , pursuant to P art 1 5 of the FCC Rule s. T h[...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 38 R egulatory compli ance identif i cati on number s F or the purpo se of r egulat ory compliance certificati ons and iden tifi cation , y our pr oduc t has been assi gned a unique R egulatory Model Number . The RMN can be f ound on the pr oduct nameplat e label , along w ith all r equir ed appr o val mar kings and[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 39 Fi g ur e 9 Clas s 1 laser pr oduct la bel This opti onal label indicat es that the pr oduct is c las sifi ed as a CLAS S 1 LASER PR ODUCT . T his label may appear on the las er de v ice ins talled in yo ur pr oduct . Inter nati onal no tice s and st ateme nts Canadi an noti ce (a v is Can[...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 40 BS MI n o ti ce Japanes e notice Ko r e a n n o t i c e s[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 41 Safety Batter y r eplacement notice Y our sw itch is equipped w ith a lithium manganese dio x i de , a vanadium pento xide , or an alk aline internal battery or battery pack. T her e is a danger of explo sion and r isk of per sonal injury if the battery is incorr ectl y replaced or mis tr [...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 42 Japa nese pow e r cord statement W aste Elec tr i cal and Elec tr onic E quipment dir ecti ve English notice Dutch noti ce V erwijdering van afgedankte apparatuur door privé-gebruikers in de Europese Unie Dit symbool op het product of de verpakking geeft aan dat dit product niet mag worden gedeponeerd bij het no[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 43 Cz echoslovakian not ice Est on i an n ot ic e F innish noti ce Sead met e j äät m ete k õ r v al d a m i n e er a maj a p i d am i s tes Eu r oo p a L i id u s See t ootel või selle p ake nd i l olev sümbol n äitab, e t kõnealu s t to odet ei tohi koos tei ste majapida misjä ätme[...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 44 Fre n c h n o t i c e Ger man notice Élimination des appareils mis au rebut par les ména ges dans l'Union européenne Le symbole apposé sur ce produit ou sur son emballage indique que ce produit ne doit pas être jeté av ec les déchets ménagers ordinaires . Il est de votre responsabilité de mettre au [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 45 Gr eek n otice Hungari an notice . , . . , , . Készülékek magán háztart ásban tö rtén sele jtezé se a z Euró pai Unió t erüle tén A k é szüléken , illetve a készülék csomagolás án látható azono s szimbó l um ann ak jelzésé r e szolgál, hogy a készülék a selejt[...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 46 Itali an notice Lat via n no tic e Smaltimento delle apparecchiature da parte di privati nel territorio dell'Unione Eur opea Questo simbolo presente sul prodotto o sulla sua conf ezione indica che il prodotto non può essere smaltito insieme ai rifiuti domestici. È responsabilità dell'utente smaltire [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 47 L ithuani an noti ce Po l i s h n o t i c e Po r t u g u e s e n o t i c e Pozbywani e si zu ytego sprz tu przez u ytko wni ków w p rywatn ych go spodar stwach d om o w y ch w U ni i E u r o p ej ski ej Ten symbol na produk cie lub jego opakowaniu oznacza, e produktu nie w olno w y rzuca [...]

Regulatory compliance and safety 48 Slo vaki an noti ce Slo v enian noti ce Spanish noti ce Eliminación de residuos de equipos eléctricos y electrónicos por parte de usuarios particulares en la Unión Europea Este símbolo en el producto o en su env ase indica que no debe eliminarse junto con los desperdicios generales de la casa. Es responsabil[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 49 Swe d i s h n o t i c e Bortskaffande av avfallspr odukter från an vändare i priv athushåll inom Europeiska Unionen Om den här symbolen visas på produkten eller för pac kningen betyder det att produkten inte får slängas på samma ställe som hushållssopor . I stället är det ditt[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 51 B Elec tr os tati c disc har ge This appendi x pro v ides the f ollo wing infor mation: • Ho w to pre v ent electr ostati c disc harge •G r o u n d i n g m e t h o d s Ho w t o pr e vent elec tr ostati c disc har ge T o pre vent damage to the s y stem , y ou mus t follo w certain preca[...]

Electrostatic discharge 52[...]

Cis co MDS 9 1 2 4e Fa bri c S w itc h f or HP c -Class Blade S y stem 53 C S w itc h techni cal spec if i cations This appendi x pro v ides the f ollo wing infor mation: • Gener al spec ifi cations • W eight and ph ysical dimensi ons •E n v i r o n m e n t a l r e q u i r e m e n t s • Supported HB As • Supported SFP s Gener al spec if i[...]

Switch technical specific ations 54 W eight and ph y sical dimensi ons Ta b l e 1 4 lists ph y sical pr oper ties . Ta b l e 1 4 S w itc h ph y si cal dimensi ons EMC immunity • I E C 6 1 00 0-4- 2 S e v e r i t y L e v e l 3 f o r E le c t r o s t at i c Di s c ha r ge • I E C 6 1 00 0-4- 3 S e v e r i ty L e v el 3 f o r R a di a t ed F i e l[...]

Cis co MDS 9 1 2 4e Fa bri c S w itc h f or HP c -Class Blade S y stem 55 En v ir onm ental r equir ements T o ensure pr oper operati on , the sw itc h must not be subj ected to env ir onmental cond iti ons bey ond those f or whi ch it w as test ed. T he ranges spec ifi ed in T able 1 6 list the acceptable env ir onment f or both oper ating and non[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 57 Glos s ar y This glossary def ines terms used in this guide or relat ed to this pr oduc t . It is not a compr ehensi v e glossar y of computer term s. EE_Credit AL_P A Arb itr ated loop ph y sical addr es s. A uni que 8-bit v alue assi gned duri ng loop initiali zati on to a port in an arb[...]

Glossary 58 def ined z one con figuration The s et of all z one obj ects de fine d in the fa bri c . May inc lude m ultiple z one conf igur ati ons. See als o zo n e , z one conf igur ation . dir ectory servi ce See SNS . DLS Dy namic load shar ing. Dy namic dist r ibution o f tr affi c o v er av ailable paths . Allo w s f or re co m pu t in g of r[...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 59 F ibr e Channel The pr imary protoco l for building S ANs t o transmit data betw een serv ers , s w itc hes, and stor age de v i ces . Unlik e IP and Ethernet , F ibre Channel is de signed to su pport the needs of stor age de v ice s of all types . It is a high-speed , se r ial , bidir ec [...]

Glossary 60 L_P or t L oop port. A node port (NL_P ort) or fabri c port (FL_P ort) that has arbitr ated loop capabilitie s. A n L_P ort can be in one of two modes: • F abr ic mode: C onnected to a port that is not loop capable and is using f abr i c pr otocol. • Loop mode: In an ar bitr ated loop and u sing loop pr otocol . A n L_P ort in loop [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 61 node An FC dev i ce that contains an N_P ort or NL_P ort. non -partic ipating mode A mode in whi ch an L_P ort in a loop is inacti v e and cannot arbitr ate or send fr ames , but can re transmit an y r e ce iv ed tr ansmissi ons. T his mode is enter ed if ther e are mor e than 1 2 7 dev ic[...]

Glossary 62 R_A_T O V R esour ce allocation time -out v alue . The max imum time a fr ame can be dela yed in the fabr i c and still be deli v er ed . RAI D Redundant Ar r a y of Independent Disks . A coll ecti on of disk dr i v es that appear as a single volume t o the server and ar e f ault toler ant thr ough mir r or ing or pari ty checking . re [...]

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 63 topol ogy W ith r espect t o FC, the confi gur ation of the FC netw or k and the resulting communi cation paths allo w ed . T her e ar e thr ee po ssible t opologies: • P oint- to -point: A dir ect link betwee n two communi cati on ports • S w itched fa bri c: Multiple N_P or ts link e[...]

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Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem 65 A admin password recovery 26 audience 7 B boot specifications 35 C command line interface 23 conventions document 8 text symbols 8 D document conventions 8 E EIA 58 environmental requirements 55 Ethernet connectio n 29 G grounding methods 51 H hardware kits 15 HBAs, supported 55 HP additio[...]

Index 66 maintenance 30 management 29 replacement 31 setting the date and time 24 setting the IP address 21 symbols in text 8 T text symbols 8[...]

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