Redundant Connectivity With Ieee 802.1D Or 802.1W - HP Bc1500 - BladeSystem - Blade PC Supplementary Manual

Network considerations guide

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Networking Considerations

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You can deploy the HP PC Blade Switch into this scenario without changing the default switch config-

uration.

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Works with any network infrastructure that not require IEEE 802.1q VLAN Tagging on the HP Blade

PC Switch uplinks. If 802.1a VLAN tagging is required, some features of the HP PC Blade will require

configuration.

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To facilitate blade PC connectivity including image management, PXE, WOL, user and data accessi-

bility, and manageability, use one or more uplinks assigned to VLAN 1.

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Port e42 is only capable of 10/100 FastEthernet connectivity. You can use it as the sole uplink, but

network throughput to each enclosure will be a 100. If a Gigabit port is available on the aggregate

switch, HP recommends using one or more of the available HP Blade Switch uplinks for optimum net-

work traffic flow.

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Optionally, with minimal effort, you can configure ports e45 and e46 for IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggre-

gation to combine the two ports into one logical 2Gb LAG uplink. Link aggregation provides addi-

tional network bandwidth as and physical link redundancy. You can reconfigure ports e43 and/or

e44 to be included in VLAN 1 and add them to the LAG, forming an even more robust connection.

For more information, see the following guides:

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Embedded Web System User Guide for the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch, part number

413353-002.

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Command Line Interface Reference Guide HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch, part number

413354-002.