Installation And Configuration - HP Integrity BL890c - i2 Server Manual

Installation and configuration

Switch configuration
Appendices A and B provide a summary of the commands required to configure the switch in either a
Cisco IOS or a ProCurve network infrastructure. The configuration information provided in the appendices
assumes the following information:
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The switch ports are configured as ACCESS ports, either presenting the Default VLAN or a specific
VLAN and will for forwarding untagged frames
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As an alternative, if the switch ports were configured as TRUNK ports and forwarding multiple
VLANS, Virtual Connect would forward those tagged frames to the host NICs configured for this
network. The connected host would then need to be configured to interpret those VLAN tags
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As LACP will be implemented, the ports that connect the uplinks from module 1 and module 2 will
need to be configured for LACP (not Ether-channel) and be configured in their respective Ling
Aggregation Groups (LAG)
This scenario assumes the switch ports are configured as an Access ports and the frames are presented to
Virtual Connect as untagged.
VC CLI commands
In addition to the GUI many of the configuration settings within VC can be also be accomplished via a CLI
command set. In order to connect to VC via a CLI, open an SSH connection to the IP address of the active
VCM. Once logged in, VC provides a CLI with help menus. Throughout this scenario the CLI commands to
configure VC for each setting will also be provided.
Configuring the VC module
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Physically connect Port 1 of Network switch 1 to Port 1 on the VC module in Bay 1.
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Physically connect Port 1 of the second Network switch to Port 1 of the VC module in Bay 2, if you
have only one network switch, connect VC Port 1 (Bay 2) to an alternate port on the same switch.
This will NOT create a network loop and does not require Spanning Tree to be configured.
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Physically connect a CX-4 cable from the CX-4 port or the module in enclosure 1, Bay 1 to the CX-4
connector on enclosure 2 Bay 1
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Physically connect a CX-4 cable from the CX-4 port or the module in enclosure 1, Bay 2 to the CX-4
connector on enclosure 2 Bay 2
Configuring the VC Module for VLAN Tunneling via GUI (Ethernet settings)
Enable Tunnel VLAN Tags within Virtual Connect
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On the Virtual Connect Manager screen, Left pane, click Ethernet Settings, Advanced Settings
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Select Tunnel VLAN Tags
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Select Fast MAC Cache Fail-over with a refresh of 5
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Select Apply
Configuring the VC Module for VLAN Tunneling via CLI (Ethernet settings)
The following command can be copied and pasted into an SSH based CLI session with Virtual Connect
# Set Advanced Ethernet Settings to "Tunnel VLAN Tags" and, as no links are configured in standby,
optionally enable Fast MAC cache fail-over
Scenario 3:1 – Multi-Enclosure stacking, with Multiple Simple vNets, Redundant Uplinks and LACP (2 Enclosures) 173