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HP 6125XLG Blade Switch 

Installation Guide 
 
 

 

Part number: 5998-3713a 
Document version: 6W103-20150327 

 

Summary of Contents for 6125XLG

Page 1: ...HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Installation Guide Part number 5998 3713a Document version 6W103 20150327 ...

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: ...etermining the number of IRF member devices 9 Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs 9 Planning IRF topology and connections 9 Configuring basic IRF settings 10 Connecting the physical IRF ports 10 Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration 10 Troubleshooting 12 Troubleshooting methods 12 Collecting log and operating information 12 Collecting common log messages 13 Col...

Page 4: ...ndix Technical specifications 22 Front view 22 Port numbering 23 LEDs 24 Ports 24 Console port 24 SFP port 25 QSFP port 26 Cables 27 Fiber connector 28 SFP cable 28 QSFP cable 29 QSFP to SFP cable 29 Index 30 ...

Page 5: ...mage or bodily injury caused by improper use follow the enclosure safety recommendations For more information see HP BladeSystem Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide CAUTION Take ESD measures to avoid damaging the components For more information see HP BladeSystem Enclosure Setup and Installation Guide Installing and removing the blade switch IMPORTANT Do not use excessive force during the insta...

Page 6: ...hes the backplane 6 Push the ejector lever to the closed position See callout 2 in Figure 2 Figure 2 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 to connect to the ports on the blade switch For more information about ports see Ports For more information about cable i...

Page 7: ...in one direction You also need to brush the end face of the fiber port Never bend or curve a fiber when connecting it For the QSFP module you do not need to differentiate between the transmitter TX and receiver RX ports For other types of transceiver modules the Tx port on one end must connect to the RX port on the other end Connecting the optical fibers WARNING To avoid injury to your eyes do not...

Page 8: ... the port LEDs for correct connection For more information about LED status see LEDs 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 6125XLG Blade Switch Network Management and Monitoring Command Reference LC plug SFP module MPO plug QSFP module ...

Page 9: ... password OA prompt information appears on the login interface 5 Enter the connect interconnect bay_number command where the bay number argument specifies the slot number of the blade switch 6 Press Enter When the command line prompt appears you can configure the switch For more information about the configuration see Configuring the blade switch Logging in through the console port When you access...

Page 10: ...ify the mark on the console port and make sure that you are connecting to the correct port Make sure a DB 9 female connector is available on the terminal If not prepare a converter Figure 6 Connecting a console port to a terminal Setting terminal parameters To configure and manage the switch through the console port you must run a terminal emulator program HyperTerminal or PuTTY on your configurat...

Page 11: ...e Easy to configure insecure Lab environments and extremely secure network environments Password Easy to configure secure providing flat user management Environments that do not need granular privilege management Username and password Complex to configure secure providing hierarchical user management Environments where multiple operators cooperate to manage the switch Configuring the basic network...

Page 12: ...assword Set the password to hello Sysname ui vty0 set authentication password cipher hello Set the user role to network admin so Telnet users accessing VTY 0 can use all commands Sysname ui vty0 user role network admin Sysname ui vty0 quit Configuring the basic network settings 1 Specify an IP address Create VLAN interface 1 Sysname interface vlan interface 1 Assign an IP address for example 192 1...

Page 13: ...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 fabric to split as in daisy chain topology Rather the IR...

Page 14: ...e Pluggable SFP SFP XFP Transceiver Modules Installation Guide and Pluggable QSFP Transceiver Modules Cables 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 ports 1 Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch 2 Create a Layer 3 in...

Page 15: ...OTE To avoid IP address collision and network problems configure a minimum of 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 6125XLG Blade Switch IRF Configuration Guide ...

Page 16: ...nes in this chapter contact HP Support Collecting log and operating information IMPORTANT By default the information center is enabled If the feature is disabled you must use the info center enable command to enable the feature for collecting log messages Table 4 shows the types of files that the system uses to store operating log and status information You can export these files by using FTP or T...

Page 17: ...he log buffer to a log file By default the log file is saved in the logfile directory of the flash memory on each member device Sysname logfile save The contents in the log file buffer have been saved to the file flash logfile logfile log 2 Identify the log file on each member device Display the log file on the master device Sysname dir flash logfile Directory of flash logfile 0 rw 21863 Jul 11 20...

Page 18: ...When you collect operating statistics follow these guidelines Log in to the device through a network port if any instead of the console port Network ports are faster than the console port Do not execute commands during operating statistics collection To ensure information completeness HP recommends that you save the statistics to a file To collect operating statistics 1 Disable pausing between scr...

Page 19: ...se a converter to connect the terminal a laptop for example and the console cable make sure the driver for the converter is installed 5 Verify that the configuration terminal and the console port of the switch have the same settings The default setting for the console port are as follows Baud rate 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None Emulation VT100 If the console port settin...

Page 20: ...ied you can perform configuration rollback to roll back the switch to the specified configuration status without rebooting the switch For more information about configuration rollback see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Configuration Guides and HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Command References 3 If the problem persists contact HP Support IRF member device failure Symptom An IRF member device fails and needs to b...

Page 21: ...set correctly 3 Verify that the information on the HyperTerminal is input correctly If software is downloaded using XMODEM verify that the baud rate set on the HyperTerminal and the console port is the same If software is upgraded using TFTP verify that the IP address the file name and the assigned working directory of the TFTP server are correct If software is upgraded using FTP verify that the I...

Page 22: ...witch is operating correctly 2 Verify the cable is connected correctly For more information see Connecting the blade switch to the network 3 Use a cable in good condition to connect the interfaces If the LED of the interface is on replace the original cable If the LED is not on verify that the interfaces at the two ends are operating correctly If they are not replace the failed interfaces 4 Verify...

Page 23: ...ng 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 list o...

Page 24: ...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 25: ... 2 features Represents an access controller a unified wired WLAN module or the switching engine on a unified wired WLAN switch Represents an access point Represents a security product such as a firewall a UTM or a load balancing or security card that is installed in a device Represents a security card such as a firewall card a load balancing card or a NetStream card Port numbering in examples The ...

Page 26: ...accessed only through OA redirection Internal management Ethernet port on the rear panel 1 100 Mbps port Internal downlink ports on the rear panel 16 1 10 GE port Internal crosslink ports on the rear panel 4 10 GE port External uplink ports on the front panel 4 QSFP port 8 SFP port Power consumption 95 W Operating temperature 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F Operating humidity noncondensing 10 to 90 Fron...

Page 27: ...e A B C format A IRF member ID of the switch B Slot number The slot number of the uplink ports on the front panel is 1 The slot number of the downlink ports and crosslink ports on the rear panel is 0 C Port number See Figure 9 Figure 9 Port numbers 6125XLG External uplink port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SFP port QSFP port Internal downlink port Backplane 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1...

Page 28: ...f No link is present on the port QSFP Steady green The port is operating at 40 Gbps Flashing green The port is sending or receiving data at 40 Gbps Steady yellow The port is operating at 10 Gbps Flashing yellow The port is sending or receiving data at 10 Gbps Off No link is present on the port Ports Console port Every HP 6125XLG blade switch has one console port on its front panel Table 7 Console ...

Page 29: ...125 500 550 m 1804 46 ft 400 62 5 125 500 550 m 1804 46 ft JD061A HP X125 1G SFP LC LH40 1310nm Transceiver 1310 9 125 N A 40 km 24 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 Table 9 10 Gb...

Page 30: ...r modules and cables available for the blade switch are subject to change over time For the most up to date list of transceiver modules and cables consult your HP sales representative or technical support engineer For the transceiver module and cable specifications see HP Comware Based Devices Transceiver Modules User Guide QSFP port The HP 6125XLG supports QSFP modules and QSFP cables on the QSFP...

Page 31: ...ttach Copper Splitter Cable 1 m 3 28 ft JG330A HP X240 40G QSFP to 4x10G SFP 3m Direct Attach Copper Splitter Cable 3 m 9 84 ft JG331A HP X240 40G QSFP to 4x10G SFP 5m Direct Attach Copper Splitter Cable 5 m 16 40 ft NOTE The transceiver modules and cables available for the blade switch are subject to change over time For the most up to date list of transceiver modules and cables consult your HP s...

Page 32: ...ovable connection between optical channels which makes the optical system debugging and maintenance more convenient and the transit dispatching of the system more flexible Figure 1 1 and Figure 12 show the MPO and LC connectors supported by the switch Figure 11 MPO connector Figure 12 LC connector SFP cable You can use SFP cables to connect the SFP ports The SFP cables available for the switch ser...

Page 33: ...ts Figure 14 QSFP cable 1 Connector 2 Pull latch QSFP to SFP cable A QSFP to SFP cable is a cable with one QSFP module at one end and four SFP modules at the other end Figure 15 QSFP to SFP cable 1 QSFP connector 2 QSFP pull latch 3 SFP connector 4 SFP pull latch ...

Page 34: ...F ports 10 Contacting HP 19 Conventions 20 F Failures at startup 15 Failures during operation 16 Front view 22 H Hardware failures 17 I Installing and removing the blade switch 1 Interface failure 18 IRF member device failure 16 L LEDs 24 Logging in through the console port 5 Logging in through the OA module 5 P Planning IRF fabric setup 9 Port numbering 23 Ports 24 Preparing for installation 1 R ...

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