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Index 43

configuring a dual channel load balancing team 23

configuring active path failover 27

configuring fast path failover 28
configuring router path failover 29

configuring VLAN IDs 29

discovery protocol 32

IGMP support 35
installing virus throttle 12

ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack 4

troubleshooting 36

Virus Throttle status and configuration utility 16
Virus Throttle, defined 12

Windows operating systems 6

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Summary of Contents for NC320m - PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter

Page 1: ...HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack Windows Edition User Guide Part Number 381655 00J March 2007 Ninth Edition ...

Page 2: ... from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Windows Server 2003 is a trademark of Microsoft Corporatio...

Page 3: ...1 Configuring a Dual Channel team 23 Advanced Pack redundancy features 25 Configuring Active Path Failover 27 Configuring Fast Path Failover 28 Configuring Router Path Failover 29 Advanced Redundancy tab team members information 29 Configuring VLAN IDs 30 Using discovery protocol 32 About Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link Layer Discovery Protocol 32 Configuring Discovery Protocols 33 IGMP support ...

Page 4: ...he root bridge o Router Path Failover an advanced redundancy feature that allows a ProLiant server to detect a blocked path to a router and to redirect packets along an unblocked path to a router o Dual Channel Load Balancing a special type of teaming that allows the creation of two teams called groups inside of a single team Each group is assigned one or more teamed ports and can be connected to ...

Page 5: ... user guide describes how to install these licenses on your system and how to configure the features For the latest driver firmware and documentation updates go to HP Networking website http h18004 www1 hp com products servers networking index html Intelligent Networking Pack licenses Each server requires a separate INP license When installed on the system the license is attached to the server and...

Page 6: ...is not installed on your server complete the following steps 1 Go to the HP website http www hp com 2 Click Software Driver Downloads from the left menu bar 3 Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter For example type NC370T 4 Select your Operating System software 5 Click HP ProLiant Networking Software 6 Click download and save the HP SoftPaq sp exe file to a directory on your ...

Page 7: ...ls Network License Manager for you to enter a license key To install Virus Throttle and launch the ProLiant Essentials Network License Manager complete the following steps 1 Go to the HP website http www hp com 2 Click Software Driver Downloads from the left menu bar 3 Type the product name in the For product box and press Enter For example type NC370T 4 Select your Operating System software 5 Cli...

Page 8: ...ant Essentials Network License Manager on page 8 NOTE After the INP license is installed on the system the Virus Throttle installation automatically continues For additional information on Virus Throttle refer to Using Virus Throttle on page 12 About ProLiant Essentials Network License Manager The ProLiant Essentials Network License Manager allows you to enter new INP Windows Edition licenses as w...

Page 9: ...dow displays all devices that can be enabled To enable or disable ports go to the NCU Licensed and Unlicensed Devices Enabled ports are displayed with a solid adapter icon and disabled ports are displayed with a faded adapter icon Non port based licenses When a non port based license is selected in the Currently installed licenses list the Licensable devices list is disabled License seat unavailab...

Page 10: ... selection reverses all check box selections 5 Click Install NOTE HP recommends that you retain the license key for future reference The key is needed for technical support and future upgrades To export a license 1 Click Export Licenses The Save As dialog box appears 2 Enter a license key filename called filename key and click Save A text file is created 3 Click Close The NCU Main window appears I...

Page 11: ...ows command file The vtlicense command validates an INP license and then adds it to the system if it is valid The vtlicense command also displays licenses currently installed on the system Installing licenses through HP Systems Insight Manager License Manager HP recommends you use the SIM License Manager for concurrently installing and monitoring INP licenses on multiple servers For information ab...

Page 12: ...of known hosts that have established connections The driver examines all outbound connection requests and determines if the request is for a known host If known the request is passed down the protocol stack as a normal request If unknown the request is added to the delay queue Periodically the delay queue is examined and the oldest request is removed and passed down the protocol stack High and low...

Page 13: ...ant Networking Software 6 Click download and save the HP SoftPaq sp exe file to a directory on your hard drive The SoftPaq file is a self extracting executable with a file name based on the SoftPaq number 7 Click the SoftPaq file to extract the files and then open the cmponent htm file 8 Click the HP Virus Throttle link If a valid INP license is identified on the system Virus Throttle installation...

Page 14: ...rred in the past No virus like activity is currently detected but virus like activity has been detected since the filter drivers were initialized o Virus like activity is currently occurring Virus like activity is currently detected by at least one instance of the filter drivers o Number of TCP Interfaces with Virus Like Activity The number of TCP interfaces that are currently displaying virus lik...

Page 15: ...ation o UDP Packets Removed from Queue Number of UDP connection packets removed from the delay queue since filter driver initialization o Currently Queued UDP Packets Number of UDP connection packets currently on the delay queue o UDP Packets Dropped Due to Queue Overflow Number of UDP packets that were dropped due to the delay queue being full since filter driver initialization o Maximum UDP Pack...

Page 16: ...o the Virus Throttle filter driver parameters are made to all active instances of the Virus Throttle filter driver When a new server adapter is installed on the system or a new team or VLAN is created the Virus Throttle filter driver parameters for that interface are set to the default settings Each time the Virus Throttle Status and Configuration Utility is launched it looks for inconsistencies i...

Page 17: ...o Configuring Virus Throttle parameters on page 17 Configuring Virus Throttle parameters The Configuration tab shows the current delay queue and host settings and allows you to configure them for all active instances of the Virus Throttle filter driver Parameters cannot be set for individual instances of the filter driver You can configure the following parameters Delay Queue Size Controls the max...

Page 18: ...of the working set is replaced with the new host The default setting is 5 hosts The valid range is 1 100 Address Lifetime UDP Number of timer intervals that an address will remain in the working set after the last outbound UDP packet was sent to that address Address Hint Lifetime UDP Number of timer intervals that an address is kept in the working set after the last inbound UDP packet was received...

Page 19: ... Proportions is selected the delay queue high and low water mark values cannot be changed and are automatically preset at 80 of the delay queue size for the high water mark and 50 of the delay queue size for the low water mark 2 Click OK to save the settings If you click Cancel and inconsistent settings needed to be changed the following message appears If you click Yes to this message the utility...

Page 20: ...e appears warning about a network interruption Click Yes to start and stop the Virus Throttle instances so the new parameters can be read from the registry 4 After the configuration is completed a successful message appears Click OK to close the Virus Throttle Status and Configuration Utility ...

Page 21: ...ure these features using the HP Network Adapter Scripting Utility For information on how to use the scripting utility refer to the HP Network Adapter Scripting Utility User Guide Advanced Pack teaming types The HP network adapter basic team types provide a selection of fault tolerant and load balancing features including Network Fault Tolerance NFT Transmit Load Balancing TLB and Switch assisted L...

Page 22: ...al option of setting the priority order of the adapters that are used in the primary and secondary teams Dual Channel Load Balancing Dual Channel Load Balancing allows the creation of two teams called groups inside of a single team Each group is assigned one or more teamed ports Each group can also be connected to a different switch to provide switch fault tolerance Full inbound and outbound load ...

Page 23: ... as an error and that team member is considered failed All transmit packets are load balanced among all team members based on a load balancing algorithm in the teaming device driver The receive packets are load balanced among all team members by the switch If a failure of any team member occurs the packets are load balanced among the remaining adapters There must be a minimum of two adapters in a ...

Page 24: ...ember is utilized the rotation begins again 5 If you select Switch assisted Dual Channel Network Fault Tolerance or Switch assisted Dual Channel Load Balancing as the team type the Team Members box is displayed with two sections labeled Group 0 and Group 1 Click the User Preference Order up and down arrows to assign the members to be in Group 0 and the members to be in Group 1 There must be a mini...

Page 25: ...t BPDUs Failed LACP The team member failed to establish an LACP channel Failed LACP Standby The team member has failed because the team has more members than the switch supports in the LACP protocol The port is blocked by the switch Failed Rx Path The team member is not receiving packets Failed Tx Path A failure occurred while attempting to send a packet to the team member Failed Multiple The team...

Page 26: ...ant server to determine the fastest path to the core network or the root bridge in addition to detecting full connectivity loss Fast Path Failover examines the path cost information contained in the Spanning Tree Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPDU frames and determines which switch is the best one to use for the team s primary port When configuring Fast Path Failover you must select which Spanning Tre...

Page 27: ... The absence of a reply within the specified time period can be used to determine when a team member does not have a path to the echo node The default setting is disabled If Active Path Failover is enabled you must enter a valid IP address for the echo node Entering an Echo Node MAC address is optional 5 Click the Echo Node Response Mechanism list and select the type of echo node request probe to ...

Page 28: ...s must be a valid and unique IP address on the same network as the team All servers on the same network using this mechanism can have the same Community Probe IP address This box is not used for Directed ARP probes 11 Select the Use Default checkbox to use the default setting of 00 01 FA FE FE FE or type the MAC address in the Community Probe MAC Address box 12 Click OK to save all changes and ret...

Page 29: ...he changes Advanced Redundancy tab team members information Team Members window includes the following information LAC Displays the local area connection Port Type Displays the NC model number Bus Slot Port The bus slot and port location of the team member A port location of 1 is not reported and is left blank The Team Members Bus Slot Port category changes to Bus IO Bay Port for HP BladeSystem se...

Page 30: ...be aware that The NCU supports IEEE 802 1Q VLAN tagging only The NCU supports a VLAN identifier range of 1 to 4094 Up to 64 VLANs can be defined for a team To create a VLAN for a team 1 From the NCU Main window select the team 2 Click VLAN 802 1Q The VLAN tab appears The VLAN tab shows all VLANs that currently exist for the team The list includes both existing VLANs and new VLANs that have been cr...

Page 31: ... enabled on the Team Settings tab The default setting is the VLAN on the team with the lowest VLAN ID at the time the team is created o Active Path Failover VLAN Id Allows you to select the VLAN ID to be used for the Active Path Failover validation This control is enabled only if Active Path Failover is configured for the team The default setting is the VLAN on the team with the lowest VLAN ID at ...

Page 32: ...ols CDP and LLDP obtain protocol addresses of neighboring devices and discover the platform of those devices including information about the interfaces a router uses The HP NCU supports CDP Version 1 CDP Version 2 and LLDP The following information is provided by CDP Version 1 CDP Version 2 and LLDP Protocol Type Device name Port ID Platform name of the device Type of device The following informat...

Page 33: ...Properties window 3 Select the Discovery Protocols tab to display the Team Discovery Protocols tab 4 In the Discovery Protocol Settings group select Enable CDPv1 Enable CDPv2 or LLDP to set the CDP version or LLDP for which to listen 5 Click OK to accept the settings and return to the NCU main window 6 Click OK on the NCU main window to apply the settings Team Members Team members are listed in or...

Page 34: ...in The system s VTP management domain name This is used to verify VTP domain configuration in adjacent network nodes Native Vlan ID The VLAN for untagged packets on the interface CDP or LLDP learns the native VLAN for an interface This is implemented only for interfaces that support the IEEE 8021Q protocol Duplex Current duplex mode of the team member Unknown Half or Full The following controls ar...

Page 35: ... sent to those team members that are part of a multicast group When a server runs an application that wants to join a multicast group the join message is sent out to the aggregation and only those ports in the multicast group During a failover situation the NCU will maintain connectivity with the multicast group and respond with IGMP reports The HP NCU supports IGMP in this release but it does not...

Page 36: ...sing Virus Throttle Configuring Advanced Networking Features contains troubleshooting information about configuring advanced networking features Configuring Discovery Protocol contains troubleshooting information about configuring discovery protocols Installing an Intelligent Networking Pack license Problem Possible cause Possible solution The Intelligent Networking Pack license is installed but I...

Page 37: ... subnet as the team If the echo node device is not on the same IP subnet reconfigure the echo node settings on the Advanced Redundancy tab for the team to a device that is on the same IP subnet Retest with these settings If the echo node device is on the same IP subnet can you ping the echo node If no check the echo node device to ensure it is operating and the IP information is correct If using V...

Page 38: ... additional IP address for the Community ARP however all servers on the network using this feature can use this address All members in the team show a yellow X with a status of Degraded Fast Path however the adapters are operating successfully The Spanning Tree Protocol may be disabled on the switches or the wrong protocol may be selected on the Advanced Redundancy tab of the team Ensure the Spann...

Page 39: ...T Configuring Discovery Protocol Problem Possible cause Possible solution When using CDPv1 the information tab does not display the VTP management domain name for my devices This is expected behavior when using CDPv1 This feature is only available with CDPv2 If this information is important to you consider using CDPv2 instead The Discovery Protocol Settings group is disabled and I can t set the CD...

Page 40: ...CDP or LLDP frame down a single port in a trunk In that case you should expect that the data from the port that is receiving the frame should represent all ports in that aggregation If two ports in an aggregation happen to contain different data like different Device IDs that may alert you to a network misconfiguration Map your network configuration using Discovery Protocol and verify the configur...

Page 41: ...DP Cisco Discovery Protocol HSRP Hot Standby Routing Protocol IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IP Internet Protocol LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol LAN local area network LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol MAC medium access control NCU Network Configuration Utility NDIS network driver interface specification ...

Page 42: ... SIM Systems Insight Manager SLB switch assisted load balancing SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol STP Spanning Tree Protocol TCP Transmission Control Protocol TLB transmit load balancing UDP User Datagram Protocol VLAN virtual local area network WMI Windows Management Instrumentation ...

Page 43: ...ver 28 configuring router path failover 29 configuring VLAN IDs 29 D discovery protocol 32 I IGMP support 35 installing virus throttle 12 P ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack 4 T troubleshooting 36 V Virus Throttle status and configuration utility 16 Virus Throttle defined 12 W Windows operating systems 6 Index ...

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