HP (Hewlett-Packard) Ethernet BL-c Switch manual

HP 1 : 1 0Gb Ether net BL -c S w itc h User G uid e Part Number 445876-001 May 2007 (First Edition)[...]

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Contents 3 Con te nt s Introduc tion .................................................................................................................................. 6 Additional references .......................................................................................................... ....................... 6 Features ................[...]

Contents 4 Installing XFP transceivers .................................................................................................... ..................... 24 Supporting software and special cons iderations ................................................................................. ......... 24 Replacing a swit ch ......................[...]

Contents 5 Cannot connect to the switch console interface remo tely using SSH .............................................................. .. 57 Cannot connect to the sw itch SNMP interface .................................................................................... ......... 57 The port activity LEDs continu ously indicate activity after[...]

Introduction 6 Intr oducti on In this section Additional references .......................................................................................................... ...................... 6 Featur es ....................................................................................................................... ....................[...]

Introduction 7 • 9K jumbo frames that improve performance by in creasing application throughput and decreasing server processor utilization • Robust configuration and management from any sw itch port using the inc luded b rowser-based and scriptable command line user interfaces. • Support for Telnet, SNMP, SCP, FTP, and TFTP fi le transfer, h[...]

Introduction 8 Switch redundancy In a dual switch configuration, th e switch es offer several redundancy and failover features. Wit h these features, the networ k configuration is desi gned to allow for continued network access to each server blade in case of a component or link failure. The switch redundanc y and failover features incl ude: • Up[...]

Introduction 9 • A text-based, human read/write configuration fi le provides viewing, printing, and editing capabilities. • A DNS client supports primary and secondary DNS servers. • Any port can be enabled or disabled as desired. • Any switch port can be used to perform switch management and PXE. Diagnostic tools The hardware, software, an[...]

Introduction 10 ten Gigabit external Ethernet ports and sixteen internal Gigabit Ethernet ports providing connectivity to the blade servers within the enclosure. Redundant crosslinks In a dual switch configuration, the two switches are connected through a single te n gigabit crosslink. This crosslink prov ides throughput of ten Gb/s for traffic bet[...]

Introduction 11 • High availability VRRP Layer 3 switching provides more powe r, flexibility, and security capabi lities to network administrators. Network traffic is managed much mo re efficiently and broadcast traffi c between servers remains within the enclosure. Security features provide added protection for switch configuration data, while p[...]

Introduction 12 are members of a specific IP networ k. This is achieved by configurin g the address/mask of that specific network as a restricted mana gement network address/mask. Port mirroring The switch allows mirroring of one or multiple ports (source ports) to another port (destination port) for network monitoring and troublesh ooting purposes[...]

Introduction 13 RADIUS The switch supports the RADIUS method to authentica te and authorize remote administrators for managing the switch. This method is based on a client/server mo del. The RAS, the switch, is a client to the bac k-end database server. A remote user (the remote administrator) interacts only with the RAS, not the back-end server an[...]

Introduction 14 • The accounting attrib utes of pr otocol, start_time, stop_time, an d elapsed_time. For BBI users, accounting stop reco rds are only sent if the user presses the QUIT button. SSH and SCP SSH and SCP use secure tunnels to enc rypt and secu re messages between a rem o te administrator and the switch. Telnet does not prov ide this l[...]

Introduction 15 through a procedure called auto-negotiation. Auto-neg otiation involves probing the capability of the network using low-level sign aling tech niques to select compatible Ethe rnet speeds . Auto-negotiation was originally developed to make the migration from traditional Ethernet to Fast Ethernet products easier. Redundant images in f[...]

Component identification 16 C ompone nt i dentif icati on In this section 1:10Gb Ethernet Blade Switch front panel ....................................................................................... ......... 16 1:10Gb Ethernet Blade Switch front panel CAUTION: Pressing the Reset button while the He alth LED is green resets the switch. Item Des[...]

Component identification 17 Item Description 6 XFP transceiver cage port 21 • Green—Link LED (top) • Flashing green—Activity LED (bottom) 7 RJ-45 ports 22-25 Speed LED (right) • Off—10 Mb/s • Green—100 Mb/s • Amber—1 Gb/s Activity/Link LED (left) • Green—Link • Flashing green—Activity 8 Reset button[...]

Installing the switch 18 Inst alling the s w itc h In this section Preparing for installa tion ..................................................................................................... .................... 18 Planning the switch configuration .............................................................................................. [...]

Installing the switch 19 • Switch IP settings • VLAN settings • XFP settings • Port names and types • Port trunking settings • Interswitch X-Connect port settings • SNMP settings • User name and password settings • Default access to variou s management interfaces • NTP settings IMPORTANT: See "Runtime switching software def[...]

Installing the switch 20 NOTE: It is recommended to change the default switch passwords after initial configuration and as regularly as required un der the network security policies. For more informa tion, see the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Command Referen ce Guide . The default user name and password for each access level are: User account Des[...]

Installing the switch 21 Switch IP addresses are acquired by default using BOOTP, therefore, each switch has a unique IP address. Each switch is remotely accessed from a central deployment server an d an individu al switch configuration is downloade d to meet specific network requirements. See the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Command Reference Gu[...]

Installing the switch 22 A successful installation is indicated by a green Heal th LED. If the Health LED is amber or power is not applied to the switch, see the "Troubleshooting" se ction of the HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide for more information. Accessing the switch The switch is accessed rem otely using the Ethe[...]

Installing the switch 23 NOTE: If the switch does not obtain the IP addr ess by means of the BOOTP service, access the switch locally and configure the IP address ma nually. After assigning the IP address to the switch, then access the switch remotely. To access the swit ch locally: 1. Connect the switch DB-9 se rial connector, using a null-modem s[...]

Installing the switch 24 Installing XFP transceivers CAUTION: To prevent damage to the fiber optic cable or the XFP transceiver, do not install or remove fiber-optic XFP transceive rs with cables attached. Disconnect all cables from the XFP transceiver before removing or installing an XFP transceiver. CAUTION: Removing and installing an XFP transce[...]

Installing the switch 25 • Firmware Upgrade Smart Component (for Micros oft Windows only)—Provides quick and easy installation of the switch firm ware, firmware upgrade tool, and readme file. A SoftPaq is available for use with Linux operating systems. The utilities package and documentation, and the Soft Paq listed above, are available on the [...]

Replacing a switch 26 R eplac ing a s w itc h In this section Replacing an ex isting switch ................................................................................................... ................. 26 Replacing an existing switch CAUTION: Removing the switch from a powered encl osure results in the loss of network communications between[...]

Replacing a switch 27 5. Close the ejector lever and wait for the switch boot up complet ely. 6. If the configuration file was saved to a TFTP server, download the configuration. For more information on downloading a configuration file, see the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Command Reference Gui de .[...]

Regulatory compliance notices 28 R egulator y compliance noti ces In this section Class A eq uipment .............................................................................................................. ................... 28 Modifica tions ....................................................................................................[...]

Regulatory compliance notices 29 European Union regulatory notice This product complies with the foll owing EU Directives: • Low Voltage Directive 200 6/95/EC • EMC Directive 2004/ 108/EC Compliance with these directives implies conformity to applicable harmonized European standards (European Norms) which are listed on the EU Declaratio n of Co[...]

Regulatory compliance notices 30 Korean class A notice Laser compliance This product may be provided with an optical storage device (that is, CD or DVD drive) and/or fiber optic transceiver. Each of these devices contains a laser that is classified as a Class 1 Laser Product in accordance with US FDA regulations and the IEC 60 825-1. The product do[...]

Technical specifications 31 T ec hni cal spec if i cati ons In this section General spec ificat ions ......................................................................................................... ................... 31 Port names, VLANs, STP, trunking defa ult settings......................................................................[...]

Technical specifications 32 Category Specification 100Base-TX Two Pair or Four Pair UT P Category 5 (100 m) EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm ST P (100 m) 1000Base-T Four Pair UTP Category 5e (100 m) EIA/TIA-568 100-ohm ST P (100 m) 10 Gb multimode fibe r cable 62.5/125 or 50/1 25 microns 10 Gb singlemode fiber cable 9/25 micron 10 Gb CX4 copper cable Use only t[...]

Technical specifications 33 Port type Port number Port name STP Server 4 Downlink4 Disabled Server 5 Downlink5 Disabled Server 6 Downlink6 Disabled Server 7 Downlink7 Disabled Server 8 Downlink8 Disabled Server 9 Downlink9 Disabled Server 10 Downlink10 Disabled Server 11 Downlink11 Disabled Server 12 Downlink12 Disabled Server 13 Downlink13 Disable[...]

Technical specifications 34 Setting Value Primary default gateway 0.0.0.0 Secondary default gateway 0.0.0.0 Primary DNS server address 0.0.0.0 Secondary DNS server address 0.0.0.0 Default domain name None Management network/mask 0.0.0.0 / 0.0. 0.0 Switch software image on next boot Image 1 Switch Config file on next boot Active Display Hostname (sy[...]

Technical specifications 35 Setting Value Port Trunking Load Sharing Algorithm The algorithm s elects the following as forwarding ports for forwarding traffic: 1 For forwarding IP Packets—modulus of XOR of last 3 bits of source and last 3 bits of Destination IP address 2 For forwarding non-IP packets—modulus of XOR of last 3 bits of source and [...]

Technical specifications 36 Setting Value Serial Port Parity Bit None Serial Port Stop Bit 1 Serial Port Flow Control None Default VLAN Default VLAN (VID=1) with all ports assigned including CPU, STG=1 NTP State Disabled NTP Server 0.0.0.0 NTP Resync Interval 720 minutes GMT Timezone Offset -06:00 Daylight Savings Time State Disabled System Up Time[...]

Technical specifications 37 Setting Value RADIUS Server Port 1645 RADIUS Server Retries 3 RADIUS Server Timeout 3 RADIUS Backdoor for Telnet Access Disabled Re-ARP Period in Minutes 10 MSTP Disabled MSTP Default Mode RSTP MSTP Region Name None MSTP Region Version 1 MSTP Max Hop Count 20 CIST Bridge Max Age 20 seconds CIST Bridge Hello Time 2 second[...]

Technical specifications 38 Setting Value Aggregate IGMP Report Disabled IGMP Fastleave Disabled IGMP Fastleave VLANs None IGMP Filtering Disabled IGMP Filters None Static Multicast Router Port None Uplink Failure Detection (UFD) Off UFD Failure Detection Pair Disabled UFD Link To Monitor - Port None UFD Link To Monitor - Trunk None UFD Link to Dis[...]

Technical specifications 39 Setting Value RMON Alarm Falling Event Index 0 RMON Alarm Owner Null IP Forwarding Disabled Configurable User Name - admpw admin Configurable User Name - opw Disabled Configurable User Name - usrpw user Configurable User Name - UID 1-10 Disabled Uplink Fast Disabled THASH - enable SIP and DIP SNMPv1 - Read community stri[...]

Technical specifications 40 Setting Value SNMPv3 - v1v2on ly subtree=1, inc luded subtree=1.3.6.1.6.3.15, excl uded subtree=1.3.6.1.6.3.16, excl uded subtree=1.3.6.1.6.3.18, excl uded FTP - port 21 (not configurable) Browser upgrade option Enabled, (not configurable) STP Fast Disabled HTTPS Port Disabled Physical and environmental specifications Ca[...]

Technical specifications 41 Category Specification Best downlink external port packet forwarding rate ratio 16 : 5 Interswitch x- connects across enclosure backplane 1 X 10 Gb port MAC address learning Automatic update Forwarding table age time Maximum age: 1 to 1,000,00 0 seconds Default: 300 seconds[...]

Performing a serial download 42 P erf or ming a ser ial do w nload In this section Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... ........................ 42 Serial upgrade of boot code firmware imag e proced ure ......................................................[...]

Performing a serial download 43 4. Hold down the Shift key and press the D key repeat edly during the Memory Test, until this message appears: NOTE: To perform serial downloads at 57600 baud rate, press the Shif t-F keys. To perform serial downloads at 115200 baud rate, press the Shift-D keys. 5. After the message in Step 4 appears, reconfigur e th[...]

Performing a serial download 44 8. Select <Transfer-Send File> from the menu and choose these options in the Send File window: The Send File window displays progress of the fil e transfer. The file transfer might take up to seven minutes. NOTE: Although slower, XModem also works if 1K MODEM is not used. 9. After completing the transfer, a me [...]

Performing a serial download 45 Serial upgrade of operating system firmware procedure To perform a serial upgrade of the switch operating system firmware image, usually named GbE2c-1- 10G_100.bin : 1. Using the null modem cable, connect the console port of the switch to the serial port of a PC that supports XModem/1K XMod em. 2. Start HyperTerminal[...]

Performing a serial download 46 NOTE: To perform serial downloads at 57600 baud rate, press the Shif t-F keys. To perform serial downloads at 115200 baud rate, press the Shift-D keys. 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 S[...]

Performing a serial download 47 Depending on the selection, 1 or 2, the system updates image1 or imag e2 on the flash and a message with a progress indicator displays as show n below. If selecting n, the system aborts th e update procedure and prompts to reset the baud rate and power cycle the switch. 11. Change the baud rate to 9600 and power off [...]

SNMP MIBs support 48 S NMP MI B s suppor t In this section MIB over view................................................................................................................... ...................... 48 SNMP Manage r software .......................................................................................................... ......[...]

SNMP MIBs support 49 Supported MIBs The SNMP agent for the switch supports t hese MIBs: • dot1x.mib • GbE2c-1-10G-L2L3.mib • GbE2c-1-10G-L2L3_cpqhost.mib • GbE2c-1-10G-L2L3_cpqrack.mib • GbE2c-1-10G-L2L3 _cpqsinfo.mib • rfc1213.mib • rfc1215.mib • rfc1493.mib • rfc1573.mib • rfc1643.mib • rfc1757.mib • rfc1907.mib • rfc203[...]

SNMP MIBs support 50 o risingAlarm o fallingAlarm • GbE2c-1-10G-L2L3.mib traps o bntSwDefGwUp o bntSwDefGwDown o bntSwDefGwInService o bntSwDefGwNotInService o bntSwLoginFailure o bntSwTempExceedThreshold o bntSwApplyComplete o bntSwSaveComplete o bntSwFwDownloadSucess o bntSwFwDownloadFailure o bntSwTempReturnT hreshold o bntSwUfdfoLtMFailure o [...]

Electrostatic discharge 51 Elec tr o stati c disc har ge In this section Preventing electros tatic discharge ............................................................................................. ................ 51 Grounding methods to preven t electrostati c discharge ........................................................................[...]

RJ-45 pin specification 52 RJ- 4 5 p in spec if i catio n In this section Standard RJ-45 rece ptacle/connec tor ............................................................................................ ........... 52 RJ-45 to DB-9 serial adapter with flow control pin assignment .................................................................. .[...]

RJ-45 pin specification 53 RJ-45 to DB-9 serial adapter with flow control pin assignment RJ-45 signals RJ-45 pins DB-9 pins DB-9 signals Request to send (RTS) 1 8 Clear to send (CTS) Data set ready (DSR) 2 Data carrier detect (DCD) 3 Receive data (RxD) 4 3 Transmit data (TxD) Transmit data (TxD) 5 2 Receive data (RxD) Ground (GND) 6 5 Ground (GND) [...]

Troubleshooting 54 T r oubleshooting In this section Forgotten administrator user name and passw ord that was configur ed on the switch ...................................... 54 Health LED on the switch is not on ............................................................................................. ............... 54 Health LED on the switch[...]

Troubleshooting 55 • The server blade enclosure is not powered up. Be su re that the server blade enclosu re is powered up and all the power connections are intact. • There is a faulty LED. Check the console to see i f the switch is booted. • The switch fuse is blown. Send for repair. Health LED on the switch stays amber for more than 30 seco[...]

Troubleshooting 56 Error message that the switch failed to complete the system self-testing appears on the serial console screen Action: The system diagnostic tests failed. Note t he reason fo r the failure from the serial console scre en message and call a service representative. The switch fails to get its IP settings from the BOOTP server, even [...]

Troubleshooting 57 • The setting allowing access to the switch usin g the Telnet interface is disabled. From the serial console interface, be sure t hat the Telnet interface is enabled. • The management network address/mask (if used) does not contain the IP address of the management station. From the serial cons ole in terface, be sure that the[...]

Troubleshooting 58 The port activity LEDs continuously indicate activity after connecting more than one port to another switch or destination device Action: Because there are multiple l inks across this device and the destination device, they form loops, which cause broadcast storms. Enable STP for multiple links. This setting prevents loops and ma[...]

Troubleshooting 59 The switch does not let the user enable two adjacent ports into two different VLANs while assigning the ports to VLANs Action: The ports are two adjacent ports that are bundled in a Port Trunk. Two ports that are assigned to a Port Trunk cannot be assigned to two differen t VLANs. Eith er break the trunk to assign it two differen[...]

Troubleshooting 60 o Be sure that a valid configuratio n file exists on the TFTP server to download to the switch. o On the switch, check the file name con figured to download or upload. • The TFTP server was started with a configured dir ectory. The switch must be configur ed using the full path name, if it is not in the directory specified in t[...]

Acronyms and abbreviations 61 A c r on y ms and abbr e v iati ons AAA authentication, authorization, and acc ounting BBI browser-based interface BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol CLI Command Line Interface CPU central processing unit CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection DNS domain name system FDB forwarding database FTP file transf[...]

Acronyms and abbreviations 62 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electroni cs Engineers IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IP Internet Protocol iSCLI industry standard command line interface LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol LAN local-area network MAC medium access control MAU media attachment unit MDI medium dependent interface MDI-X mediu[...]

Acronyms and abbreviations 63 NTP network time protocol NVRAM non-volatile memory OID object identifier OS operating system OSI Open Systems Interconnection OSPF open shortest path first POST Power-On Self Test PXE Preboot Execution Environment RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service RAS remote access service RFC request for comments RIP [...]

Acronyms and abbreviations 64 SCP Secure Copy SFP small form-factor pluggable SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SSH Secure Shell STP Spanning Tree Protocol TACACS+ Terminal A ccess Controller Acce ss Control System Plus TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol UFD uplink failure detection UTP unshielded twisted pair VID [...]

Index 65 A accessing the switch serial console inter face, troubleshooting 55 additional references 6 architecture 9 Auto-MDI/MDIX 14 auto-negotiation of duplex mode and speed 14 B BOOTP server, troubleshooting 56 Bootstrap Protocol (BOO TP) 12 BSMI notice 29 C Canadian notice 28 configuration and management of switch 8, 23 configuration, troublesh[...]

Index 66 planning switch configuration 18 port mapping 9 port mirroring 12 port trunking 12 R redundancy 8, 10, 15 redundant crosslinks 10 redundant images in firmware 15 redundant paths to server bays 10 regulatory compliance notices 28 Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) 13 replacing an existing switch 26 replacing the switch 26 R[...]