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Figure 15

SFP+ cable

(1) Connector

(2) Pull latch

LEDs

Unit ID LED

Table 11

Unit ID LED description

LED mark

Status

Description

UID

Blue

Switch ID selected.

Off

Switch ID not selected.

Health LED

Table 12

Health LED description

LED mark

Status

Description

Green

The blade switch has started properly.

Flashing yellow

The blade switch is performing POST, or is faulty.

Off

The blade switch is not powered on, or is faulty.

10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet port LED

Table 13

10/100/1000Base-T auto-sensing Ethernet port LED description

Port LED status

Description

Steady green

The port is operating at 1000 Mbps. The port LED fast flashes when the port is
sending or receiving data.

Steady yellow

The port is operating at 10/100 Mbps. The port LED fast flashes when the port is
sending or receiving data.

Off

No link is present on the port.

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(2)

Summary of Contents for 6125G

Page 1: ...HP 6125 Blade Switch Series Installation Guide Part number 5998 3151 Document version 6W100 20120907 ...

Page 2: ...MATERIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Hewlett Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompan...

Page 3: ...ethod 11 Configuring the basic network settings 12 Configuration example 12 Setting up an IRF fabric 14 Planning IRF fabric setup 14 Determining the number of IRF member devices 14 Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs 14 Planning IRF topology and connections 14 Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches 15 Planning the cabling scheme 16 Configuring basic IRF setting...

Page 4: ...l specifications 25 Appendix B Ports and LEDs 26 Ports 26 Console port 26 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet port 26 IRF SFP port and SFP port 26 SFP port 27 LEDs 29 Unit ID LED 29 Health LED 29 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet port LED 29 SFP port LED 30 SFP port LED 30 IRF SFP port LED 30 Index 31 ...

Page 5: ...Numbers RMN These regulatory numbers should not be confused with the marketing name HP 6125 Panel views Figure 1 Front panel of the HP 6125G 1 Health LED 2 Unit ID UID LED 3 Ejector lever 4 IRF SFP port 5 SFP port 6 Release tab 7 10 100 1000Base T auto sensing Ethernet port 8 Reset button 9 10 100 1000Base T auto sensing Ethernet port LED 10 Console port 11 SFP port LED 12 IRF SFP port LED NOTE Th...

Page 6: ...e HP 6125G XG 1 Health LED 2 Unit ID UID LED 3 Ejector lever 4 SFP port 5 Release tab 6 10 100 1000Base T auto sensing Ethernet port 7 Reset button 8 10 100 1000Base T auto sensing Ethernet port LED 9 Console port 10 SFP port LED ...

Page 7: ...r use follow the enclosure safety recommendations For more information see HP BladeSystem Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide Identify the interconnect bay to install the blade switch For more information see HP BladeSystem Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide Installing and removing the blade switch IMPORTANT If the blade switch does not install easily make sure that it is correctly oriented...

Page 8: ...d position See callout 2 in Figure 4 Figure 4 Sliding the blade switch into the interconnect bay 7 Verify that the Health LED is green after the blade switch starts up Otherwise check the installation 8 Choose proper cables for the blade switch For more information about ports see Ports For more information about cable installation see Connecting the blade switch to the network 1 2 ...

Page 9: ...D status see LEDs Connecting the blade switch to the network through optical fibers WARNING To avoid injury to your eyes do not stare at the optical interfaces and optical fiber connectors when connecting optical fibers You can install a transceiver module in a fiber port on the blade switch and then plug the fiber connector to the transceiver module For more information about installing the trans...

Page 10: ...esting connectivity After you connect the blade switch to the network use the ping or tracert command to test network connectivity For more information about these two commands see HP 6125 Blade Switch Series Network Management and Monitoring Command Reference LC plug SFP module ...

Page 11: ...ort of the blade switch and a DB 9 female connector at the other end for connecting to the serial port on the console terminal Figure 6 Console cable Setting up the configuration environment To connect a terminal for example a PC to the blade switch 1 Plug the DB 9 female connector of the console cable to the serial port of the PC 2 Plug the RJ 45 connector of the console cable to the console port...

Page 12: ...gs Bits per second 9 600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None Emulation VT100 To set terminal parameters for example on a Windows XP HyperTerminal 1 Select Start All Programs Accessories Communications HyperTerminal The Connection Description dialog box appears 2 Enter the name of the new connection in the Name field and click OK Figure 8 Connection description 3 Select the serial...

Page 13: ...by the HyperTerminal connection 4 Set Bits per second to 9600 Data bits to 8 Parity to None Stop bits to 1 and Flow control to None and click OK Figure 10 Setting the serial port parameters 5 Select File Properties in the HyperTerminal window ...

Page 14: ...10 Figure 11 HyperTerminal window 6 On the Settings tab set the emulation to VT100 and click OK Figure 12 Setting terminal emulation in Switch Properties dialog box ...

Page 15: ...ess Enter When the command line prompt appears you can configure the switch For more information about the configuration see Configuring the blade switch Configuring the blade switch By default the switch does not authenticate console login users To increase system security and enable remote management Configure a login authentication method for example Telnet SSH or NMS Configure access services ...

Page 16: ...user interface view VTY 0 Sysname user interface vty 0 Enable password authentication on the user interface Sysname ui vty0 authentication mode password Set the password to hello Sysname ui vty0 set authentication password cipher hello Set the user privilege level to 3 so Telnet users accessing VTY 0 can use all commands Sysname ui vty0 user privilege level 3 Sysname ui vty0 quit Configuring the b...

Page 17: ...13 Assign GigabitEthernet 1 1 5 to VLAN 10 Sysname vlan10 port gigabitethernet 1 1 5 Sysname vlan10 quit ...

Page 18: ...nterface of the master switch Prepare an IRF member ID assignment scheme An IRF fabric uses member IDs to uniquely identify and manage its members and you must assign each IRF member switch a unique member ID Planning IRF topology and connections You can create an IRF fabric in daisy chain topology or more reliably ring topology In ring topology the failure of one IRF link does not cause the IRF f...

Page 19: ...ions Figure 13 IRF fabric in daisy chain topology Figure 14 IRF fabric in ring topology Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches Identify the physical IRF ports on the member switches according to your topology and connection scheme Table 3 shows the physical ports that can be used for IRF connection Table 3 Physical IRF port requirements Switch chassis Candidate physical IRF ports HP...

Page 20: ...RF member switches as planned NOTE Wear an ESD preventive wrist strap when you connect SFP cables or SFP transceiver modules and fibers For how to connect them see Pluggable SFP SFP XFP Transceiver Modules Installation Guide Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration To verify the basic functionality of the IRF fabric after you finish configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF por...

Page 21: ...OTE To avoid IP address collision and network problems configure at least one multi active detection MAD mechanism to detect the presence of multiple identical IRF fabrics and handle collisions For more information about MAD detection see HP 6125 Blade Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide ...

Page 22: ... displays boot information when the blade switch is powered on If the setup is incorrect the configuration terminal displays nothing or garbled text No terminal display If the configuration terminal displays nothing when the blade switch is powered on verify the following items The Health LED is green which indicates that the system is operating properly The console cable is properly connected If ...

Page 23: ...erTerminal and Console port are the same when software is downloaded using XMODEM IP address file name and the assigned working directory of the TFTP server are correct when software is upgraded using TFTP Verify that IP address file name and the assigned working directory of the FTP server FTP username and password are correct when software is upgraded using FTP 4 The FTP server or the TFTP serve...

Page 24: ...ts prompt Wrong password system halt appears If the system halts the blade switch is not available for use You can press reset to reboot the blade switch Super password loss If you forget the super password you can clear the super password To clear the super password access the Boot menu and enter 8 The following prompt appears EXTEND BOOTWARE MENU 1 Boot System 2 Enter Serial SubMenu 3 Enter Ethe...

Page 25: ...he connecting cable may fail To troubleshoot the interface 1 Verify that the blade switch is operating properly 2 Verify the cable connection of the interface For how to correctly connect the cable to an Ethernet interface with an RJ 45 connector or an optical interface see Connecting the blade switch to the network 3 Verify if the cable is broken Use the cable to connect two interfaces of the sam...

Page 26: ...gistering you will receive email notification of product enhancements new driver versions firmware updates and other product resources Related information Documents To find related documents browse to the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center website http www hp com support manuals For related documentation navigate to the Networking section and select a networking category For a complete...

Page 27: ...parated by vertical bars from which you select one choice multiple choices or none 1 n The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand sign can be entered 1 to n times A line that starts with a pound sign is comments GUI conventions Convention Description Boldface Window names button names field names and menu items are in bold text For example the New User window appears cli...

Page 28: ...ing capable device such as a router or Layer 3 switch Represents a generic switch such as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch or a router that supports Layer 2 forwarding and other Layer 2 features Port numbering in examples The port numbers in this document are for illustration only and might be unavailable on your device ...

Page 29: ...er blade Ethernet ports Internal cross connect port on the rear panel 1 10 GE port connecting to the adjacent blade switch External upstream ports on the front panel 4 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet port connecting to network devices 2 SFP port connecting to network devices 2 IRF SFP port connecting to network devices or other blade switches to form an IRF fabric 4 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet port conn...

Page 30: ... Ethernet port specifications Item Specification Connector type RJ 45 Interface attributes 10 Mbps full duplex 100 Mbps full duplex 1000 Mbps full duplex MDI MDI X auto sensing Max transmission distance 100 m 328 08 ft Transmission medium Category 5 or above twisted pair cable Standards IEEE 802 3i 802 3u 802 3ab IRF SFP port and SFP port An HP 6125G has up to four SFP ports The IRF SFP ports can ...

Page 31: ...4 86 miles JD062A HP X120 1G SFP LC LH40 1550nm Transceiver 1550 9 125 N A 40 km 24 86 miles JD063B HP X125 1G SFP LC LH70 Transceiver 1550 9 125 N A 70 km 43 50 miles JD089B HP X120 1G SFP RJ45 T transceiver N A Category 5 twisted pair N A 100 m 328 08 ft NOTE To guarantee the functionality of the SFP ports use only HP SFP transceiver modules The SFP transceiver modules available for this blade s...

Page 32: ...5 N A 10 km 6 21 miles Table 10 SFP cables available for the SFP ports Product code Cable description Cable length JD095B HP X240 10G SFP SFP 0 65m DA Cable 0 65 m 2 13 ft JD096B HP X240 10G SFP SFP 1 2m DA Cable 1 2 m 3 94 ft JD097B HP X240 10G SFP SFP 3m DA Cable 3 m 9 84 ft JG081B HP X240 10G SFP SFP 5m DA Cable 5 m 16 40 ft NOTE To guarantee the functionality of the SFP ports use only HP SFP t...

Page 33: ...w The blade switch is performing POST or is faulty Off The blade switch is not powered on or is faulty 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet port LED Table 13 10 100 1000Base T auto sensing Ethernet port LED description Port LED status Description Steady green The port is operating at 1000 Mbps The port LED fast flashes when the port is sending or receiving data Steady yellow The port is operating at 10 100 ...

Page 34: ...fast flashes when the port is sending or receiving data Steady yellow The port is operating at 1 Gbps The port LED fast flashes when the port is sending or receiving data Off No link is present on the port IRF SFP port LED Table 16 IRF SFP port LED description Port LED status Description Steady green The port is used for IRF connnection The port LED fast flashes when the port is sending or receivi...

Page 35: ...al IRF ports 16 Contacting HP 22 Conventions 23 H Hardware failures 21 I Installing and removing the blade switch 3 Interface failure 21 L LEDs 29 Logging in through the console port 7 Logging in through the OA module 1 1 P Panel views 1 Password loss 19 Planning IRF fabric setup 14 Ports 26 Preparing for installation 3 R Related information 22 S Software failures 18 T Testing connectivity 6 Troub...

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