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Design and Deployment Guide
Cisco Nexus B22HP
Design and Deployment Guide
September, 2011
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  • Page 1 Design and Deployment Guide Cisco Nexus B22HP Design and Deployment Guide September, 2011 For further information, questions and comments please contact ccbu-pricing@cisco.com © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 1 of 41...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 1 Configuration ....................31 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 2 Configuration ....................35 Conclusion ................................40 For More Information ............................. 41 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 2 of 41...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    B22 Blade Fabric Extender for HP (Cisco Nexus B22HP) provides an extension of the Cisco Nexus switch fabric to the HP server edge. Logically, it behaves like a remote line card to a parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch. The fabric extender and the parent Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch together form a distributed modular system.
  • Page 4 (VFC) interface is bound to a particular link at the server. This configuration also achieves high availability through redundancy, and it can withstand a failure of a Cisco Nexus 5500 switch platform, a Cisco Nexus B22HP, or any connecting cable. This topology is widely used in FCoE deployments.

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    The third blade chassis from the left in Figure 1 contains Cisco Nexus B22HP fabric extenders that connect to both Cisco Nexus 5500 switch platforms through vPC for redundancy. In this configuration, active-active load balancing using vPC from the blade server to the Cisco Nexus 5500 switch platform cannot be enabled. However, the servers can still be dual-homed with active-standby or active-active transmit-load-balancing (TLB) teaming.

  • Page 6: Fabric Connectivity Options

    Fabric Connectivity Options The Cisco Nexus B22HP creates a distributed modular chassis with the Cisco Nexus parent switch after a fabric connection has been made over standard 10-Gbps cabling. This connection can be accomplished using any of the following types of interconnects: ●...

  • Page 7: Portchannel Fabric Interface Connection

    The PortChannel fabric interface provides an alternative method of connection between the parent switch and the Cisco Nexus B22HP fabric extender. In this mode of operation, the physical fabric links are bundled into a single logical channel. This approach prevents a single fabric interconnect link loss from disrupting traffic to any one server.

  • Page 8: Configuring A Fabric Portchannel

    N5548-Bottom# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. N5548-Bottom(config)# Enable the fabric extender feature. N5548-Bottom(config)# N5548-Bottom(config)# feature fex © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 8 of 41...
  • Page 9 N5548-Bottom(config-if)# interface ethernet 1/2 N5548-Bottom(config-if)# switchport mode fex-fabric N5548-Bottom(config-if)# fex associate 103 N5548-Bottom(config-if)# channel-group 3 Repeat the steps on the second Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch connected to the fabric extender in interconnect bay 4. N5548-Top# configure terminal N5548-Top(config)# feature fex...

  • Page 10: Virtual Portchannel Connection

    FOC1515ZZU4 Virtual PortChannel Connection vPCs allow links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus switches to form a PortChannel to a downstream device. The downstream device can be a switch, a server, or any other networking device that supports IEEE 802.3ad PortChannels.
  • Page 11 This will enable spanning tree Bridge Assurance on vPC peer-link provided the STP Bridge Assurance (which is enabled by default) is not disabled. N5548-Bottom(config-if)# N5548-Top# interface port-channel 20 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 11 of 41...
  • Page 12 These vPC links can be used for connections to hosts in the data center, allowing additional bandwidth and redundant links. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 12 of 41...

  • Page 13: Server Network Teaming

    EtherChannel or LACP connections can be created between the blade server and the virtual chassis. Dual Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches can be used with vPC for additional switch redundancy while providing active-active links to servers, thus enabling aggregate 40-Gbps bandwidth with dual links (Figure 4).

  • Page 14: Configuring The Hp Blade Server (Microsoft Windows 2008 Release 2)

    Configuring the HP Blade Server (Microsoft Windows 2008 Release 2) Open the Control Panel and open HP Network Config Utility. Select the network ports and click Team. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 14 of 41...
  • Page 15 From the Team Type Selection drop-down menu, choose 802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance to match the Cisco Nexus vPC configuration with LACP. Then click OK. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 15 of 41...
  • Page 16 Click OK to complete the NIC teaming configuration. It may take a few minutes to complete after you click OK. To verify that the vPC is formed, go to one of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches to check the status of the server PortChannel interface.

  • Page 17: Fibre Channel Over Ethernet

    FCoE combines LAN and storage traffic on a single link, eliminating dedicated adapters, cables, and devices for each type of network, resulting in savings that can extend the life of the data center. The Cisco Nexus B22HP is the building block that enables FCoE traffic to travel outside the HP BladeSystem chassis.
  • Page 18 FCoE to support FCoE traffic. You make this change in the BIOS of the system and the BIOS of the mezzanine cards. Choose System Options. Choose NIC Personality Options. From the NIC Personality Options menu, choose FCoE. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 18 of 41...

  • Page 19: Configuring The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series And B22Hp For Fcoe

    N5548-Top # config terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. switch(config)# feature fcoe FC license checked out successfully fc_plugin extracted successfully © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 19 of 41...
  • Page 20 N5548-Bottom(config-if)# no shut N5548-Bottom(config-if)# N5548-Top(config)# N5548-Top(config)# interface vfc 1032 N5548-Top(config-if)# switchport mode F N5548-Top(config-if)# bind interface ethernet 104/1/2 N5548-Top(config-if)# no shut N5548-Top(config-if)# © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 20 of 41...
  • Page 21 N5548-Top(config-vsan-db)# Bind the entry in the VSAN database. N5548-Bottom(config)# N5548-Bottom(config)# vsan database N5548-Bottom(config-vsan-db)# vsan 200 N5548-Bottom(config-vsan-db)# vsan 200 interface vfc1032 N5548-Bottom(config-vsan-db)# © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 21 of 41...
  • Page 22 N5548-Top(config)# zone name zone2 vsan 201 N5548-Top(config-zone)# member pwwn 50:00:40:21:02:f4:65:2b N5548-Top(config-zone)# member pwwn 10:00:78:e3:b5:f6:b3:5d N5548-Top(config-zone)# zoneset name zoneset2 vsan 201 N5548-Top(config-zoneset)# member zone2 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 22 of 41...
  • Page 23 N5548-Bottom# show fcns database VSAN 200: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FCID TYPE PWWN (VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x550000 10:00:b4:99:ba:fb:41:41 ipfc scsi-fcp:init Total number of entries = 1 N5548-Bottom# © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 23 of 41...

  • Page 24: Debug Commands

    Cisco Nexus B22HP installed but parent switch not configured N5548-Bottom# show fex Number Description State Model Serial ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Discovered N2K-B22HP-P FOC1515ZZU4 N5548-Bottom# © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 24 of 41...

  • Page 25: Show Fex Detail

    Fabric port for control traffic: Eth1/1 Fabric interface state: Po4 - Interface Up. State: Active Eth1/1 - Interface Up. State: Active © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 25 of 41...

  • Page 26: Show Interface Brief

    SFP not inserted 10G(D) -- Eth1/10 access down SFP not inserted 10G(D) -- Eth1/11 access down SFP not inserted 10G(D) -- © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 26 of 41...
  • Page 27 -- Eth103/1/6 access down Incompatible/No server auto(D) -- Eth103/1/7 access down Incompatible/No server auto(D) -- Eth103/1/8 access up none 10G(D) -- © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 27 of 41...

  • Page 28: Show Interface Ethernet 103/1/1

    Last clearing of “show interface” counters never 30 seconds input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 packets/sec 30 seconds output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 packets/sec © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 28 of 41...

  • Page 29: Show Vlan

    Eth1/26, Eth1/27, Eth1/28 Eth1/29, Eth1/30, Eth1/31 Eth1/32, Eth103/1/1, Eth103/1/2 Eth103/1/3, Eth103/1/4 Eth103/1/5, Eth103/1/6 Eth103/1/7, Eth103/1/8 Eth103/1/9, Eth103/1/10 Eth103/1/11, Eth103/1/12 Eth103/1/13, Eth103/1/14 Eth103/1/15, Eth103/1/16 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 29 of 41...

  • Page 30: Show Interface Fex-Fabric

    Eth1/34 Active N2K-B22HP-P FOC151425G6 Eth1/35 Active N2K-B22HP-P FOC151425G6 Eth1/36 Active N2K-B22HP-P FOC151425G6 Eth1/37 Configured Eth1/38 Configured Eth1/39 Configured Eth1/40 Configured N5K_Bottom# © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 30 of 41...

  • Page 31: Cisco Nexus Configurations

    103 pinning max-links 1 description “FEX0103” slot 1 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 31 of 41...
  • Page 32 200 interface vfc1 vsan 200 interface fc1/32 interface fc1/32 no shutdown © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 32 of 41...
  • Page 33 Ethernet1/10 switchport mode trunk channel-group 20 interface Ethernet1/11 interface Ethernet1/12 interface Ethernet1/13 interface Ethernet1/14 interface Ethernet1/15 interface Ethernet1/16 interface Ethernet1/17 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 33 of 41...
  • Page 34 182 channel-group 201 mode active interface Ethernet103/1/2 interface Ethernet103/1/3 interface Ethernet103/1/4 interface Ethernet103/1/5 interface Ethernet103/1/6 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 34 of 41...

  • Page 35: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 2 Configuration

    200 N5548-Bottom(config)# Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 2 Configuration N5548-Top(config)# show run !Command: show running-config !Time: Fri Sep 9 00:04:59 2011 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 35 of 41...
  • Page 36 0x1c8725819b8be58ccda504a661cb785c priv 0x1c8725819b8be58ccda504a661cb785c localizedkey snmp-server enable traps entity fru vrf context management ip route 0.0.0.0/0 172.25.182.1 vlan 1,182 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 36 of 41...
  • Page 37 Ethernet1/1 switchport mode fex-fabric fex associate 104 channel-group 104 interface Ethernet1/2 switchport mode fex-fabric fex associate 104 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 37 of 41...
  • Page 38 182 interface Ethernet1/12 interface Ethernet1/13 interface Ethernet1/14 interface Ethernet1/15 interface Ethernet1/16 interface Ethernet1/17 interface Ethernet1/18 interface Ethernet1/19 interface Ethernet1/20 interface Ethernet1/21 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 38 of 41...
  • Page 39 201 mode active interface Ethernet104/1/2 interface Ethernet104/1/3 interface Ethernet104/1/4 interface Ethernet104/1/5 interface Ethernet104/1/6 interface Ethernet104/1/7 interface Ethernet104/1/8 interface Ethernet104/1/9 interface Ethernet104/1/10 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 39 of 41...

  • Page 40: Conclusion

    Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender for HP brings these innovations to the HP BladeSystem c-Class chassis. The Cisco Nexus B22HP supports both 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, allowing a smooth migration from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet for blade servers. Unified fabric with FCoE deployment outside the HP BladeSystem chassis is finally achieved.

  • Page 41: For More Information

    Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches Configuration Guides: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html. Cisco Nexus 5000 SAN switching Configuration Guide: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/san_switching/503_n2_1/b_Cisco_n5k_nxos _sanswitching_config_guide_rel503_n2_1.html. Printed in USA C07-686089-00 10/11 © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 41 of 41...

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