Upgrading From An Existing Gbe Interconnect Switch - HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 User Manual

Upgrading from an Existing GbE Interconnect Switch

IMPORTANT: If you are replacing an existing GbE2 Interconnect Switch, or upgrading from a GbE
Interconnect Switch, an RJ-45 Patch Panel 2, or an RJ-45 Patch Panel, and you have strict security
requirements:
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Do not cable the GbE2 Interconnect Switch until after configuration.
Or
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Connect the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to the optional Diagnostic Station. The Diagnostic Station
enables you to power up, configure, and diagnose a ProLiant p-Class server blade or a ProLiant
p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch outside of the rack environment.
IMPORTANT: By default, both the GbE Interconnect Switch and GbE2 Interconnect Switch have STP
enabled and have X-Connect ports (17 and 18) bundled in to a port trunk. During an upgrade from a
GbE Interconnect Switch to a GbE2 Interconnect Switch, there will be an STP convergence delay due
to the topology change. This causes a temporary interruption to packet forwarding on the attached
Layer 2 switching network.
To upgrade from an existing GbE Interconnect Switch to a GbE2 Interconnect Switch:
1. On the rear side of the ProLiant BL p-Class server blade enclosure, remove the
interconnect module from the top-left module bay.
2. On the front side of the server blade enclosure, release the ejector lever for the GbE
Interconnect Switch in the right interconnect bay.
3. Pull down on the ejector lever to unlock the GbE Interconnect Switch from the enclosure.
4. Slide the GbE Interconnect Switch out of the interconnect bay.
5. On the rear side of the server blade enclosure, insert the new interconnect module into the
bottom-left module bay.
6. On the front side of the server blade enclosure, slide a new GbE2 Interconnect Switch
fully into the right interconnect bay.
7. Close the ejector lever and let the switch boot up completely, so that network
connectivity is established.
8. Repeat steps 1 through 4 to remove the interconnect module from the top-right module
bay and the GbE Interconnect Switch from the left interconnect bay.
9. Repeat steps 5 through 7 to insert the new interconnect module into the bottom-right
module bay and the new GbE2 Interconnect Switch into the left interconnect bay.
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CAUTION: Removing a GbE Interconnect Switch from a powered enclosure will result in the
loss of network communications between the server blade network ports that are connected
through this switch and the segment of network infrastructure those ports need to
communicate.
For continued blade server network communication and services availability, do the following
before you remove the GbE Interconnect Switch. Redirect critical high-availability services or
applications to use the redundant network ports available on those blade servers that are
connected through the redundant GbE Interconnect Switch in the enclosure.
Setting Up and Installing the GbE2 Interconnect Switch
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