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Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide

Document ID: RDWR-ALOS-V2815_IG0203

 

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Summary of Contents for Alteon

Page 1: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Software Version 28 1 5 0 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203 March 2012...

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Page 3: ...t la propri t de Radware Ltd Ce guide d informations est fourni nos clients dans le cadre de l installation et de l usage des produits de Radware d crits dans ce document et ne pourra tre utilis dans...

Page 4: ...ins code developed by the OpenBSD Project Copyright c 1983 1990 1992 1993 1995 The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or...

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Page 6: ...t mentionn e ci dessus cette liste de conditions et l avis de non responsabilit suivant LE LOGICIEL MENTIONN CI DESSUS EST FOURNI TEL QUEL PAR LE D VELOPPEUR ET TOUTE GARANTIE EXPLICITE OU IMPLICITE Y...

Page 7: ...twickelte Software Dieses Produkt enth lt von Damien Miller entwickelte Software Dieses Produkt enth lt von Kevin Steves entwickelte Software Dieses Produkt enth lt von Daniel Kouril entwickelte Softw...

Page 8: ...ure 1 Electrical Shock Hazard Label DUAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM SAFETY WARNING IN CHINESE The following figure is the warning for Radware platforms with dual power supplies Figure 2 Dual Power Supply Sys...

Page 9: ...ions are subject to change without notice Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15B of the FCC Rules and EN55022 Class A...

Page 10: ...etic wave suitability equipment and seller or user should take notice of it and this equipment is to be used in the places except for home SPECIAL NOTICE FOR NORTH AMERICAN USERS For North American po...

Page 11: ...ken only by qualified service personnel There are not user serviceable parts inside the unit 3 DO NOT plug in turn on or attempt to operate an obviously damaged unit 4 Ensure that the chassis ventilat...

Page 12: ...ette d avertissement de danger de chocs lectriques AVERTISSEMENT DE S CURIT POUR LES SYST MES DOT S DE DEUX SOURCES D ALIMENTATION LECTRIQUE EN CHINOIS La figure suivante repr sente l tiquette d avert...

Page 13: ...ications sont sujettes changement sans notice pr alable Remarque Cet quipement a t test et d clar conforme aux limites d finies pour un appareil num rique de classe A conform ment au paragraphe 15B de...

Page 14: ...uation aux ondes lectromagn tiques et le vendeur ou l utilisateur doit prendre cela en compte Ce mat riel est donc fait pour tre utilis ailleurs qu la maison NOTICE SP CIALE POUR LES UTILISATEURS NORD...

Page 15: ...ersonnel qualifi Aucune pi ce l int rieur de l unit ne peut tre remplac e ou r par e 3 NE branchez pas n allumez pas ou n essayez pas d utiliser une unit manifestement endommag e 4 V rifiez que l orif...

Page 16: ...tion du ch ssis NE SONT PAS OBSTRU ES 4 Remplacez un fusible qui a saut SEULEMENT par un fusible du m me type et de m me capacit comme indiqu sur l tiquette de s curit proche de l entr e de l alimenta...

Page 17: ...rd SICHERUNGEN Vergewissern Sie sich dass nur Sicherungen mit der erforderlichen Stromst rke und der angef hrten Art verwendet werden Die Verwendung reparierter Sicherungen sowie die Kurzschlie ung vo...

Page 18: ...n auftreten In einem solchen Fall w re der Benutzer verpflichtet korrigierend einzugreifen Figure 16 Erkl rung zu VCCI zertifizierten Ger ten der Klasse B bersetzung von Erkl rung zu VCCI zertifiziert...

Page 19: ...riert sein AUSTAUSCHBARE BATTERIEN Wird ein Ger t mit einer austauschbaren Batterie geliefert und f r diese Batterie durch einen falschen Batterietyp ersetzt k nnte dies zu einer Explosion f hren Dies...

Page 20: ...das sich neben dem Stromkabelanschluss am Sicherungsgeh use 6 Betreiben Sie das Ger t nicht an einem Standort an dem die H chsttemperatur der Umgebung 40 C berschreitet 7 Vergewissern Sie sich das Str...

Page 21: ...plication Switch 5412 and 5412 XL 33 LCD Module Alteon Application Switch 5412 and 5412 XL 35 Alteon VA Platform 36 Chapter 3 Installing the Platform 37 Installation of the 4408 4416 5224 5224 XL 5412...

Page 22: ...enses 67 Checking License Status 68 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 69 Troubleshooting for Alteon Application Switch Platforms 69 Fan Failure and CPU Temperature 70 Files for Radware Technical Support 70 Al...

Page 23: ...atforms 84 Serial Cable Pin Assignment 86 Serial RS 232 Console Cable Assignments 86 Alteon 4408 Serial Console Cable Assignment 87 Alteon 5224 Serial Console Cable Assignment 88 Alteon 4416 and 5412...

Page 24: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Table of Contents 24 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203...

Page 25: ...ith the device and procedures for device installation and network cable connection Initial Configuration page 41 Describes how to configure the device using a console connection the management port or...

Page 26: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Preface 26 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203 Alteon Application Switch Troubleshooting Guide Alteon Application Switch Release Notes...

Page 27: ...n Power button Turns power on and off Pressing the button for 1 to 4 seconds causes a graceful shutdown of the system thus preserving system integrity Pressing the button for more than four 4 seconds...

Page 28: ...For additional technical information see Appendix A Specifications page 77 SFP GbE ports for traffic or in band management The platform supports two SFP GbE ports for traffic or in band management LE...

Page 29: ...bE ports LEDs ACT flashing indicates activity LINK green indicates 1000 Mbit s Yellow indicates 10 or 100 Mbit s Power button Turns power on and off Pressing the button for 1 to 4 seconds causes a gra...

Page 30: ...tatus LEDs PWR green indicates nominal operation When the platform carries a dual power supply red indicates that one of the two power cables is not supplying power or that one of the power supplies i...

Page 31: ...ttons are for future use When you turn on an Alteon Application Switch during the boot process the LCD displays the following oo Radware Alteon o o Loading After the initial configuration when the dev...

Page 32: ...e system thus preserving system integrity Pressing the button for more than four 4 seconds causes the hardware to power down Reset button Resets the device USB port for recovery Management port The MN...

Page 33: ...is not running if you disconnect the power cord and reconnect it the platform stays powered off until you press the power button For additional technical information see Appendix A Specifications pag...

Page 34: ...system thus preserving system integrity Pressing the button for more than four 4 seconds causes the hardware to power down Reset button Resets the device USB port for recovery Management port The MNG...

Page 35: ...dix A Specifications page 77 LCD Module Alteon Application Switch 5412 and 5412 XL Alteon Application Switch 5412 and 5412 XL platforms support an LCD module which consists of the LCD itself and LCD m...

Page 36: ...0 0 0 o Version 28 1 0 0 Alteon VA Platform To install the Alteon VA platform make sure to meet the following prerequisites Fully functioning VMWare infrastructure ESX server Minimum requirements for...

Page 37: ...missing any of the components contact Radware Technical Support Mounting the Platform The platform can be either rack mounted or mounted on a tabletop The package includes brackets to enable rack mou...

Page 38: ...onsideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature Tma specified in Appendix A Specifications page 77 Note If the platform is eq...

Page 39: ...power cable to the power outlet was grounded AC outlet but that did not encompass DC PS boxes Connecting the Cables to the 4416 5224 5224 XL 5412 and 5412 XL Platforms Connect the cables to the platfo...

Page 40: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Installing the Platform 40 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203...

Page 41: ...al Configuration of the Device page 43 Verifying Accessibility of Management Ports Alteon lets you manage your devices via BBI over HTTP HTTPS and via CLI over Telnet SSH Make sure the connectivity be...

Page 42: ...rt saves consuming a port that could otherwise be used for processing data and traffic These port manage the device using Telnet CLI SSH CLI SNMP HTTP or HTTPS The ports are isolated from and does not...

Page 43: ...None Stop bits 1 Flow control None 3 Do one of the following If you are using an ASCII terminal press Enter a few times on the terminal to establish the connection If you are using a computer with te...

Page 44: ...following port parameters Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None 3 Do one of the following If you are using an ASCII terminal press Enter a few times on the termin...

Page 45: ...cure For more information on how to establish an SSH connection see the Alteon Application Switch Operating System Command Reference Initial Device Connection When a connection has been established wi...

Page 46: ...h 4416 Switch is up 0 days 0 hours 1 minute and 19 seconds Last boot 20 37 38 Sun Apr 18 1999 power cycle Last apply 20 14 21 Thu Apr 15 1999 Last save 20 14 24 Thu Apr 15 1999 MAC Address 00 03 b2 51...

Page 47: ...h 5224 Switch is up 0 days 0 hours 1 minute and 19 seconds Last boot 20 37 38 Sun Apr 18 1999 power cycle Last apply 20 14 21 Thu Apr 15 1999 Last save 20 14 24 Thu Apr 15 1999 MAC Address 00 03 b2 51...

Page 48: ...e 89 ADC Form Factors Hypervisors or virtual machine managers VMM allow multiple operating systems termed guests to run concurrently on a host computer They support three different ADC form factors or...

Page 49: ...ain the Open Virtualization Format OVF package for Alteon VA provided by Radware to be used by VMware vSphere Client 4 0 4 1 or 5 0 Installation Prerequisites Fully functioning VMware infrastructure i...

Page 50: ...he end user licensing agreement Click Next 5 In the Name and Location dialog box provide a name and location for the deployed template The name can contain up to 80 characters and must be unique withi...

Page 51: ...sign each network adapter to the pre defined network connections for management clients and servers as shown in the following window Alteon VA for KVM Installation and Configuration To set up Alteon V...

Page 52: ...lteon VA package For example tar xzvf Alteon 28 1 0 0_VA_kvm tgz 2 Run the setup script from install bin rhev_setup 3 Select a location for the new image remote or local host 4 At the prompt enter the...

Page 53: ...figuration Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203 53 5 At the prompt enter the root password for the remote host 6 Confirm the root password for the host 7 Enter your path to the Export Domain for example...

Page 54: ...llowing the initiation process you are returned to the Alteon VA deployment screen 9 Enter q to quit 10 Go to the RHEV M management console expand the System tree and locate Alteon VA in the EXPORTS d...

Page 55: ...The Import Virtual Machine s window appears with the Alteon VA name 13 Select the Destination Cluster and Destination Storage if not the default and click OK The Alteon VA image is imported into the c...

Page 56: ...Before powering up your Alteon VA ensure that you connect the network interfaces to different networks 14 Go to Cluster Virtual Machine and select the Alteon VA Virtual Machine 15 Select the Network I...

Page 57: ...u select the eth1 interface and connect it to the client network then you need to select the eth2 interface and connect it to the server network The following figures illustrate this example 17 If you...

Page 58: ...irst domain being domain 0 the second domain 1 and so on Domain 0 Dom0 is the domain created when the machine is booted Additional domains called DomUs are created using the xm create command from wit...

Page 59: ...is executed automatically when the Xen hypervisor boots and receives special management privileges and direct access to all physical hardware by default The system administrator can log into Dom0 to m...

Page 60: ...In the vSphere interface click the Summary tab of your defined Alteon VA to view the IP address of the management network In the Alteon VA console enter info sys mgmt 2 To disable the DHCP enter cfg...

Page 61: ...fers a 30 day free trial version of Alteon VA including all the features and the capabilities of the licensed version To download the trial version please visit www redhatmarketplace com During the ev...

Page 62: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Initial Configuration 62 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203...

Page 63: ...g the Alteon devices see the Alteon Application Switch Operating System Command Reference This section includes specific rebooting procedures for the following Rebooting vADCs page 63 Rebooting vADCs...

Page 64: ...wnload the software 1 From your Web browser go to www radware com 2 Click Login at the top of the window 3 Enter your username and password 4 Click Login at the bottom of the window Note If you do not...

Page 65: ...e software A device upgrade enables the new features and functions on the device without altering the existing configuration In exceptional circumstances new firmware versions are incompatible with le...

Page 66: ...e string Radware Alteon Permanent License Syntax The permanent license string that you get from Radware Technical Support has the following syntax aas slb feature1 feature2 featureN password where fea...

Page 67: ...ions page 77 You use a software license key to upgrade to a model with a higher throughput The process requires no system reboot The throughput license string that get from Radware Technical Support h...

Page 68: ...license The severity of this message in syslog for example is LOG_CRIT The frequency for these messages is determined by the throughput threshold detection interval which you can configure Values 1 1...

Page 69: ...ge 71 If the error persists it is a hardware issue and contact Radware Technical Support The device tries to run an application but resets Either there is an invalid BIOS or there is a hardware proble...

Page 70: ...or SSH The operating system may have been damaged Upgrade the operating system of the Alteon software see Recovery for Alteon Application Switches 4408 4416 5224 5224 XL 5412 and 5412 XL page 71 The d...

Page 71: ...age an Alteon Application Switch that failed during system boot Before starting this procedure contact Radware Technical Support to validate that this is the only rescue measure option Note The follow...

Page 72: ...ctions displayed on the console The batch file mkusb bat formats the USB mass storage device and copies the required files into it You need to confirm some steps of the batch job by pressing Enter The...

Page 73: ...03 73 14 When prompted restart the device Note In case of failure an appropriate message is displayed 15 Reconfigure the management port see Initial Configuration page 41 16 Restore the previous confi...

Page 74: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Troubleshooting 74 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203...

Page 75: ...on contains the following sub sections Replacing a Power Supply on Alteon Application Switch 4408 page 75 Replacing a Power Supply on Alteon Application Switch 4416 5224 5224 XL 5412 or 5412 XL page 7...

Page 76: ...e device 5 Insert the new power supply into the device 6 Insert and tighten the screw that secures the new power supply to the chassis 7 Connect the power cable to the new power supply Replacing the C...

Page 77: ...Alteon Application Switch platform The values for some items may differ according to the model of the product or they may not be applicable for the product For the availability status of Radware s Al...

Page 78: ...80 km 49 7 mi 10GBASE SR LR ports All relevant fiber ports support SR LR interfaces depending on the transceiver module USB port On front panel LCD screen No On front panel RS 232 console Via RJ 45 Ra...

Page 79: ...s EMC C Tick CE FCC Part 15B Class A ICES 003 EN 55022 EN 55024 VCCI Class Aii KCC RoHS 6 Compliant CPU temperature SNMP traps are sent in response to high temperatures Warning 74 C Critical 81 C SNMP...

Page 80: ...t fiber ports support SX LX ZX interfaces depending on the transceiver module 1000Base SX 850 nm Operating Distance 62 5 micron MM fiber 2 m to 275 m 50 micron MM fiber 2 m to 550 m 1000Base LX ZX Ope...

Page 81: ...l ADC instances Yes up to 28 instances SSL CPS Connections per Second 500 CPS scalable up to 4 000 CPS 10 000 CPS scalable up to 41 000 CPS Compression 100 Mbps scalable up to 1 5 Gbps Routing protoco...

Page 82: ...nterface for out of band management Dimensions 2U Width 424 mm 17 in Depth 600 mm 24 in Height 88 mm 3 4 in EIA rack or stand alone 484 mm 19 in Weight 15 44 kg 34 lbs 15 94 kg 35 1 lbs Environmental...

Page 83: ...gle and Dual Power Supply 4416 Single Power Supply and 5224 Single and Dual Power Supply Note For platforms with a dual power supply there are two connectors and for platforms with a single power supp...

Page 84: ...f the circuit The power factor for Alteon Application Switch is 0 95 Transceiver Module Specifications for Alteon Application Switch Platforms The following table lists the transceiver module specific...

Page 85: ...r Pluggable SFP 1000BASE T Methode DM7041 L 10Gbps Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP Optics Singlemode LR Finisar Sumitomo Electric Interconnect FTLX1471D3BCL RW SPP5200LR GL 10Gbps Small Form Factor Pl...

Page 86: ...e port on devices Alteon 4408 Serial Console Cable Assignment page 87 Alteon 5224 Serial Console Cable Assignment page 88 Alteon 4416 and 5412 Serial Console Cable Assignment page 89 Table 19 Serial P...

Page 87: ...ware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Specifications Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203 87 Alteon 4408 Serial Console Cable Assignment Figure 15 RJ 45 to DB9 Serial Console Cable for Alteon 4...

Page 88: ...ware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Specifications 88 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203 Alteon 5224 Serial Console Cable Assignment Figure 16 RJ 45 to DB9 Serial Console Cable for Alteon 5...

Page 89: ...ation infrastructure providing identical functionality to the physical Alteon ADC devices including local and global server load balancing Layer 7 capabilities and application acceleration Alteon VA i...

Page 90: ...and separated environment of resources configurations and management Notes Alteon 5224 devices running ADC VX require 24 GB of RAM and therefore need a memory upgrade from the default 6 GB to 24 GB Ot...

Page 91: ...e of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc IEEE 802 3 March 2002 IEEE Amendment 1 Media Access Control parameters Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 10Gb s Operation IEEE 802 3ae August...

Page 92: ...Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide Specifications 92 Document ID RDWR ALOS V2815_IG0203...

Page 93: ...ectrostatic Discharge ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute FAE Field Application Engineers FCC Federal Communications Comission FCU Firmware Upgrade Utility FRU Field Replaceable Unit F...

Page 94: ...l RoHS Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances ROM Read Only Memory RTM Rear Transition Module SAF Service Availability Forum SCSI Small Computer System Interface SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage ShM...

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Page 96: ...th Radware or its third party licensors You further acknowledge and agree that the Software is a proprietary product of Radware and or its licensors and is protected under applicable copyright law 5 N...

Page 97: ...pening the package of the Product purchasing downloading installing copying or using the Software or any portion thereof and shall continue until terminated However sections 3 11 shall survive any ter...

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