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Converged Ethernet/FCoE server connection options:

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Virtual Connect Flex - 10/10D, FCoE

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Figure 7 HP FlexFabric 5900CP FCF Use-Case 2B

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Virtual Connect Flex - 10/10D, FCoE

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Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24–Port (8Gb FC, -10GbE FCoE/VC)

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Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem (Brocade)

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Blade Switch: HP 6125XLG, Ethernet/FCoE (6125XLG in NPV mode)

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Blade Switch: HP 8/24c SAN Switch (Brocade)

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Blade Switch: MDS 8Gb 24-port Switch (Cisco)

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Summary of Contents for FlexFabric 5900CP Series

Page 1: ...document describes HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch usage in converged Ethernet and storage network configurations It provides information about switch features and storage configurations including the device support HP Part Number 5697 3065 Published March 2014 Edition 1 ...

Page 2: ... for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be lia...

Page 3: ...0CP Storage Network Support 18 HP FlexFabric 5900CP Operating System Support with Storage 18 HP FlexFabric 5900CP CNA HBA Support 18 HP FlexFabric NPV Switch Support 19 HP FlexFabric HP Storage System Support 19 7 Software and Firmware update process Non ISSU and ISSU 20 8 Management Software 21 Using the CLI 21 IMC Management software 22 A HP FlexFabric 5900CP system architecture considerations 2...

Page 4: ...gement by combining multiple physical switches into one virtual switch An IRF fabric appears as one node or virtual switch and is accessible as a single IP address on the network You can use this IP address to log in at any member device to manage all the members of the IRF fabric Features and benefits The HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch provides the following features Ethernet FCoE support on 10GbE c...

Page 5: ...e for fan trays front to back airflow or back to front airflow Figure 2 HP FlexFabric 5900CP components and ports HP FlexFabric 5900CP network architectures The HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch can be utilized in the following environments A traditional Ethernet network for Ethernet data A converged network switch in environments that support Ethernet and FCoE for Ethernet and storage data A native Fib...

Page 6: ...PV and Transit modes are advanced modes 1 Standard Non FCoE Mode When a switch operates in this mode it is a standard DCB Ethernet switch and does not provide any FCoE FC capabilities 2 FCF Fibre Channel Forwarder When a switch operates in this mode it is called as an FCF switch In this mode the following HP FlexFabric 5900CP converged port connections are available Fibre Channel HP FlexFabric 590...

Page 7: ...rt For FCoE the ports can be set to VF_Port or VNP_Port but cannot be set to VE_Port 4 Transit Mode When a switch operates in this mode it is called as a Transit switch A switch operating in this mode can restrict its Ethernet interface only to receiving traffic from an eNode or FCF switch This is achieved by configuring the interface to operate in eNode mode or FCF mode Fibre Channel is not suppo...

Page 8: ...lity NOTE The IRF feature of the HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch can be implemented in dual redundant fabric designs with storage but has implications that must be considered For more information about using IRF in a storage configuration see IRF usage with storage page 14 Figure 3 page 8 provides three major use case scenarios each describing a different implementation based on the hardware being uti...

Page 9: ...B C H FC Switch Rack CNA HBA 3A Rack Server FC NPV Gateway FC Storage 3 Single Tier Fabric NPV Gateway Blade VC 3B BladeSystem FC NPV Gateway FC Storage FC FCoE via Cisco Nexus Rack CNA HBA Blade VC FC 3C Rack BladeSystem FCoE NPV Gateway 55xx FCoE Switch FCF NPV Native FCoE FC Rack CNA HBA Blade VC FC Applies to all Use Cases above Storage Fabric IRF Configurations Figure 4 HP FlexFabric 5900CP F...

Page 10: ...P FCF FCoE FC Converged Ethernet FCoE Native FC Native Ethernet IRF between 5900CP s optional 5900CP1b Figure 6 HP FlexFabric 5900CP FCF Use Case 2A FCoE Storage IRF IRF VF_Port VF_Port VN_Port VN_Port Expand switches horizontally as required 5900CP FCF FCoE Converged Ethernet FCoE Native Ethernet FCoE IRF between 5900CP s optional 5900CP2A LAN 10 Storage use cases ...

Page 11: ...s required 5900CP FCF FCoE FC Converged Ethernet FCoE Native FC Native Ethernet IRF between 5900CP s optional 5900CP2b LAN Converged or Native FC server connection options Virtual Connect Flex 10 10D FCoE Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb 24 Port 8Gb FC 10GbE FCoE VC Virtual Connect 8Gb 24 Port Fibre Channel Module for c Class BladeSystem Brocade Blade Switch HP 6125XLG Ethernet FCoE 6125XLG in NPV ...

Page 12: ...Converged Ethernet FCoE Native FC Native Ethernet IRF between 5900CP s optional 5900CP3A Fabric A LAN Figure 9 HP FlexFabric 5900CP NPV Use Case 3B FC Storage IRF IRF NP_Port NP_Port F_Port F_Port N_Port N_Port Expand switches horizontally as required 5900CP NPV FCoE FC Fabric A Fabric B HP 5900CP HP Brocade Cisco or QLogic FC Switches Fabric B Converged Ethernet FCoE Native FC Native Ethernet IRF...

Page 13: ... Figure 10 HP FlexFabric 5900CP NPV Use Case 3C FC Storage IRF IRF VNP_Port VNP_Port VF_Port VF_Port N_Port N_Port Expand switches horizontally as required 5900CP NPV FCoE Fabric A Fabric B Cisco Nexus FCoE MDS FC Converged Ethernet FCoE Native FC Native Ethernet FCoE IRF between 5900CP s optional 5900CP3C Fabric B Cisco Nexus 55xx FCoE FC Cisco Nexus 55xx FCoE FC Fabric A LAN Converged Ethernet F...

Page 14: ...d 1 Dual redundant fabric SAN with no IRF Traditional Fibre Channel high availability no single point of failure NSPOF configuration See Figure 1 1 page 14 Provides physically separate redundant fabrics with failover capabilities for high availability with storage Figure 1 1 Dual redundant storage fabric configuration no IRF 5900CP4A FC Storage Server HBA Server HBA 5900CP Switches Fabric B Fabric...

Page 15: ...d with two HP FlexFabric 5900CP switches in each fabric configured in two IRF domains for high availability and NSPOF See Figure 13 page 16 Provides physically separate redundant fabrics with failover capabilities for high availability with storage Requires four VSANs to prevent storage traffic across the IRF link Must be specific on device placement to allow desired access Allows Ethernet usage o...

Page 16: ...igure 13 Dual redundant storage fabric configuration 4 Switch IRF for Ethernet only 5900CP7A Fabric A Virtual Switch Fabric B Virtual Switch FCoE Storage VSAN1 VSAN2 VSAN3 VSAN4 16 IRF usage with storage ...

Page 17: ... NPV to connect to the HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch in FCF mode using NPIV Table 3 page 17 describes BladeSystem interconnect support for the HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch For more information about current HP FlexFabric 5900CP storage support see the HP SPOCK website at http www hp com storage spock You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access Table 3 HP FlexFabric 5900CP BladeSystem Interco...

Page 18: ...inux SLES 10 SP3 1 1 SP2 x86 x64 VMware ESX 5 1 U2 HP FlexFabric 5900CP CNA HBA Support HP FlexFabric 5900CP CNA Support HP CN1 100E HP CN1000E HP CN1000Q HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2P 554FLR SFP Adapter HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2P 554M Adapter HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2P 554FLB Adapter HP BLc NC553m DP FlexFabric Adapter Opt and NC553i HP BLc NC551m DP FlexFabric Adapter Opt and NC551i HP StoreFabric CN1 100R Dual P...

Page 19: ...000B SAN Director Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class C series HP StorageWorks SN6000C Fabric Switch Cisco MDS 9148 Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for BladeSystem c Class H series SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch 8 20q Fibre Channel Switch For the latest supported switch software versions see the B series C series and H series switches NOTE Merged fabric interoperability E_Port is not suppor...

Page 20: ...ation is not lost unless the user wants to revert back to the saved configuration in the cfg file The following message appears The current configuration will be written to the device Are you sure Y N Enter Y and proceed Please input the the filename cfg flash config87 cfg To leave the existing filename unchanged press the enter key flash config87 cfg exists overwrite Y N Enter Y and proceed Valid...

Page 21: ...None Stop bits 1 Flow control None Emulation VT100 By default login through the console port is enabled and the user role network admin is assigned A username and password is not required for login After login configure password or scheme authentication mode to improve device security To prevent illegal access to the CLI and control user behaviors configure login authentication assign user roles c...

Page 22: ...se required Level 2 3 Access device read update configurations Virtual Application Network VAN Fabric Management VFM license required Optional plug in module FCoE add on license VAN Fabric topology Physical topology of networks LAN SAN DC management Logical group of networks servers and storage devices SAN configuration Fabric FCoE management zone configuration zone sets devices LAN configuration ...

Page 23: ...figure a maximum of 4000 zone member alias names 4000 Zone member Alias names NPIV support with up to 127 VN_Ports per VF_port 127 Number of NPIV WWNs per NP port NPIV support with up to 127 VN_Ports per VF_port 127 Number of MAC addresses bound to VFCs per VF_port Default value set during link initialization 15 Number of FC port Transmit BB credits Similar to an FC switch each FCF switch is assig...

Page 24: ...m OM3 400m OM4 4 Gbps FC SFP BB credit working distance AJ718A SFP multi mode fiber 500 m OM3 2 Gbps FC SFP BB credit working distance AW584A SFP Link lengths up to 10 km at 8 5 4 25 2 125 GBd with single mode fiber 15 BB credits limited 10 km Single Mode 8 4 2Gbps FC SFP working distance H6Z42A SFP 50um OM4 190 m OM4 8Gbps FC SFP BB credit working distance H6Z42A SFP 50um OM4 400 m OM4 4Gbps FC S...

Page 25: ...t suppression and set the broadcast suppression threshold By default multicast traffic is allowed to pass through an interface multicast suppression ratio pps max pps kbps max kbps Enable multicast suppression and set the multicast suppression threshold By default unknown unicast traffic is allowed to pass through an interface unicast suppression ratio pps max pps kbps max kbps Enable unknown unic...

Page 26: ...isplay counters outbound interface These CLI commands help you to view the information and identify the issue quickly In the following examples two configuration files are named after the switch number The config87 cfg file is the primary file representing how the switch is presently configured HP dir Directory of flash 0 rw 8215552 Mar 10 2014 15 51 10 5900_5920 cmw710 boot r2308p01 bin 1 rw 5294...

Page 27: ...le Enabled Log file size quota 10 MB Log file directory flash logfile Writing frequency 24 hour 0 min 0 sec HP display diagnostic Save or display diagnostic information Y save N display Y N y Please input the file name tar gz flash diag tar gz The file already exists overwrite it Y N y Diagnostic information is outputting to flash diag tar gz Please wait Save successfully 27 ...

Page 28: ...vsan valid vsan numbers 1 3839 maximum 16 per switch Can set the domain ID as a static ID Zoning information for the vsan is kept here To use persistent FCIDs define using wwn your WWN area port id 4 digit hex of desired FCID vsan 100 domain id 1 1 static wwn 21 00 2c 27 d7 53 f5 87 area port id 0001 zone alias name Enc6S1P1 member pwwn 10 00 6c 3b e5 a4 a2 71 zone alias name P10K FC ports member ...

Page 29: ...f the FCoE queue qos map table dot1p lp import 0 export 0 import 1 export 0 import 2 export 0 import 3 export 1 import 4 export 0 import 5 export 0 import 6 export 0 import 7 export 0 acl 4000 for FCoE acl 3000 for iSCSI use traffic classifier DCBX operator or if match acl 4000 if match acl 3000 acl number 4000 name DCBX rule 0 permit type 8906 ffff rule 5 permit type 8914 ffff 29 ...

Page 30: ...erator line aux 0 1 user role network admin idle timeout 0 0 line vty 0 15 authentication mode scheme user role network admin user role network operator execute set authentication password simple your_password and it will put it in the config file similar to below set authentication password hash h 6 YSmSK0b l RSYbX OaP0ytCZcE8rWgKEx6nQw0rLML 3Mf0 O0g7UZAeh95kEejMhv6RecR4nT06 9LTYESUU ezfhzMchHYC8...

Page 31: ... will put it in the config file similar to below password hash h 6 im0rLRRRYOJHIwCY zjEOgLLx7RF5dm5GDg5h4Fc 6zJGeVYkDomKh9VKVnqq3NCW9QmsrGAlOOPWZTy EUu tU0KLgW9HQismv1 PAOg Setup FTP Telnet SSH services service type ftp service type ssh telnet terminal 27 authorization attribute user role network admin authorization attribute user role network operator ftp server enable This is the physical manage...

Page 32: ...brid vlan 1 1001 untagged port hybrid pvid vlan 1001 priority flow control auto priority flow control no drop dot1p 3 lldp tlv enable dot1 tlv dcbx qos trust dot1p qos wrr be group 1 byte count 15 qos wrr af1 group 1 byte count 15 qos wrr af2 group sp qos wrr af3 group sp qos wrr af4 group sp qos wrr ef group sp qos wrr cs6 group sp qos wrr cs7 group sp qos apply policy DCBX outbound Standard FC i...

Page 33: ...s coming from a FIP snooping or standard DCB device interface Vfc200 port trunk vsan 100 bind interface Bridge Aggregation1 mac 6c3b e5af ad09 Setup a Vfc to uplink from NPV switch to FCF or NPV switch interface vfc1000 fc mode np port trunk vsan 100 bind interface FortyGigE 1 0 49 33 ...

Page 34: ...group X 3 Make final settings on the link aggregation interface a interface Bridge Aggregation X b port link type trunk c port trunk permit vlan 1 1001 4001 use the vlans that were defined d port trunk pvid vlan 1001 interface Bridge Aggregation1 description Uplink to LAN port link type trunk port trunk permit vlan 1 4001 port trunk pvid vlan 1001 link aggregation mode dynamic interface Ten Gigabi...

Page 35: ...erface Ten GigabitEthernet 1 0 2 port link mode bridge port link type trunk port trunk permit vlan 1 1001 4001 port trunk pvid vlan 1001 priority flow control auto priority flow control no drop dot1p 3 lldp tlv enable dot1 tlv dcbx qos trust dot1p qos wrr be group 1 byte count 15 qos wrr af1 group 1 byte count 15 qos wrr af2 group sp qos wrr af3 group sp qos wrr af4 group sp qos wrr ef group sp qo...

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