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Brocade Communications Systems 5600 Installation Manual

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53-1003702-02
14 September 2015
Installing and Upgrading
Brocade 5600 vRouter on
XenServer
Installation Guide
Supporting Brocade 5600 vRouter 3.5R6

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  • Page 1 53-1003702-02 14 September 2015 Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide Supporting Brocade 5600 vRouter 3.5R6...
  • Page 2 United States government. The authors and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. assume no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to the accuracy of this document or any loss, cost, liability, or damages arising from the information contained herein or the computer programs that accompany it.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    20 clone system image..................22 delete system image..................23 install image....................24 rename system image..................25 set system image default-boot................ 26 show system image..................27 List of Acronyms........................29 Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 4 Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 5: Preface

    Identifies a variable. value In Fibre Channel products, a fixed value provided as input to a command option is printed in plain text, for example, --show WWN. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 6: Notes, Cautions, And Warnings

    A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions or situations. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 7: Brocade Resources

    ® • OEM/Solution Providers are trained and certified by Brocade to support Brocade products. • Brocade provides backline support for issues that cannot be resolved by the OEM/Solution Provider. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 8: Document Feedback

    • By sending your feedback to documentation@brocade.com. Provide the publication title, part number, and as much detail as possible, including the topic heading and page number if applicable, as well as your suggestions for improvement. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 9: About This Guide

    About This Guide This guide describes how to install and upgrade Brocade 5600 vRouter (referred to as virtual router, vRouter, or router in the guide) running on XenServer systems. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 10 About This Guide Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 11: Installing The System

    • Ensure that you have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM on the system. A minimum of 4 GB is recommended. • Ensure that you have a minimum of 2 CPUs on the system. A minimum of 4 CPUs is recommended. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 12: Downloading The Brocade Vrouter Files For Xenserver

    XenServer. You can import the template by using Xen Center. NOTE The following procedure describes the import by using XenCenter 6.0. A similar procedure is required for other versions of XenCenter. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 13: Creating The Brocade Vrouter Virtual Machine

    11. O n the CPU & Memory screen, specify the number of virtual CPUs and the amount of memory that the virtual machine is to use. A minimum of 4 GB memory and 2 vCPUs is recommended. 12. C lick Next. The Storage screen is displayed. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 14: Installing The Brocade Vrouter Iso On Xenserver

    15. O n the Networking screen, specify the virtual network interfaces to be installed on the Brocade vRouter virtual machine. 16. C lick Next. The Finish screen is displayed. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 15: Operating A Brocade Vrouter Virtual Machine

    Use the default password of vyatta unless you have changed it. 2. Run the show version command. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 16: Verifying Connectivity

    If the Brocade vRouter can be reached, you see replies from it in response to the pings. If so, your system is installed and can be accessed on your network. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 17: Upgrading The System

    Enter the show system image command. See the example for the command in the next sections. 3. Reboot the system by entering the reboot command. The system restarts with the new system image. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 18: Sample Session: "Add System Image

    5. Load the configuration that you saved onto the new Brocade vRouter virtual machine. 6. Reboot the system by using the reboot command. The system restarts with the new configuration. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 19: Installation And Upgrade Commands

    20 ● clone system image......................22 ● delete system image....................... 23 ● install image........................24 ● rename system image.....................25 ● set system image default-boot..................26 ● show system image......................27 Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 20: Add System Image

    Alternatively, the username and password can be specified as username and password arguments of the add system image command. If you do not specify user and passwd, you are prompted for them. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 21 IP address of the TFTP server, and image-file is the ISO image file, including the path relative to the TFTP root directory. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 22: Clone System Image

    The https service is enabled by using set service https in Configuration mode. The ssh service is enabled by using set service ssh in Configuration mode. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 23: Delete System Image

    If you delete that image, the system uses the currently running image when the system is next rebooted. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 24: Install Image

    The install image command operates similarly to the install system command—it creates and formats a new disk partition and then installs the image to the partition while preserving the system configuration. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 25: Rename System Image

    The old name must match the name of an image on the system. The system does not allow you to rename the currently running system image. The new system image name cannot be in use by another image. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 26: Set System Image Default-Boot

    If the system was originally installed in disk-based mode, then a special image-name option is available so that you can select the disk-based system as the default system from which to boot. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 27: Show System Image

    The command output identifies the image that is currently running and the image that has been selected to run when the system is next rebooted. If the system was originally installed in disk-based mode, then one of the image names identifies that installation. Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 28 Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

  • Page 29: List Of Acronyms

    Domain Name System DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point Digital Subscriber Line eBGP external BGP Amazon Elastic Block Storage Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Exterior Gateway Protocol ECMP equal-cost multipath Encapsulating Security Payload Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 30 GRE Management Information Base Multicast Listener Discovery MLPPP multilink PPP MRRU maximum received reconstructed unit maximum transmission unit Network Address Translation NBMA Non-Broadcast Multi-Access Neighbor Discovery Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 31 Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman receive Amazon Simple Storage Service SLAAC Stateless Address Auto-Configuration SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SONET Synchronous Optical Network Shortest Path Tree Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...
  • Page 32 VLAN virtual LAN Amazon virtual private cloud virtual private network VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol wide area network wireless access point Wired Protected Access Installing and Upgrading Brocade 5600 vRouter on XenServer Installation Guide 53-1003702-02...

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