A bladesystem c7000 enclosure provides the following benefits. Cisco catalyst blade switch 3120 for hp and cisco catalyst. I am unsure of what fibre switch modules to get for it. Copyright 2020 hewlett packard enterprise development lp. The hp design guide recommands to use 2 modules, so that you have redandancy in fact of a failure of one of the vc modules. Hpe virtual connect and networking for bladesystem family data. Hp installation and startup service for hp bladesystem infrastructure. For more information, see hp bladesystem enclosure setup and. This comware7 based switch is the big brother of the 6125xlg, so while the 6125xlg supported 10g server access, the 6127xlg includes support for the 20g server access ports. We tie the whole thing together by using the free hp network teaming software included with the blades, which means either. Managing you blade infrastructure might be sometimes challenging. Digital transformation requires processing data faster for new business challenges and applications. Blade server architecture hpe bladesystem server blade. This chapter provides instructions on how to install your cisco catalyst blade switch 3120 for hp, also referred to as the switch module, in the hp cclass bladesystem enclosure and how to set up and configure your switch module.
In the old place, the hp blade was connected to two cisco switches,on one of them dmz port was configered and on the another cisco switch nondmz port was configured. Installing the blade switch the hp 6125 switches can be installed into the hp bladesystem c3000 and c7000 enclosures. Manually assigning ip information beginning in privileged exec mode, follow these steps to manually assign ip information to multiple switched virtual interfaces svis. Support for software and initial setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase. In the hp bladesystem c3000 enclosure with at least one cisco catalyst blade switch 3020 for hp cclass bladesystem installed, oa enclosure thermal management may not provide sufficient cooling to allow some blade configurations to operate at optimal performance under heavy workloads. The access layer resides inside the blade chassis, providing high performance, lowlatency server. Preconfigured hp bladesystem c7000 platinum enclosure offering with hp oneview management software licenses preinstalled on the onboard administrator.
After short introduction i went through initial configuration and additional settings which i thing are quite useful. These two devices will form an irf fabric using the internal irf cross connect ports, and essentially would constitute a daisy chain topology. We use two cisco switches in those interconnect bays, each of which route to a different core cisco switch. This guide provides a product overview and detailed descriptions and procedures for the switch module software features. The hp cclass bladesystem, referred to as the blade enclosure, is a system that supports up to 16 server modules and up to 8 ethernet switch modules. Install an emulex lpe1205 hp hba in one of the mezzanine slots within the bl460c g7 server blade. When it comes to upgrade firmware on hp c7000 enclosure components with vmware esx or esxi blade servers inside it is a drama and pain. As far as i know the flex modules supporting regarding to link aggregation only lacp. Running prime95 to peg all 8c16t at 100% shows the total power usage of the enclosure changes by 180w between idle and 100%, my enclosures total power numbers are not directly comparable as a total though as they are all a mix of different generation and.
Hp bladesystem cclass onboard administrator firmware. Hpe bladesystem c7000 enclosures to function as a single virtual connect domain. C7000 estimated power consumption for a specific setup. The enclosure is 10u high and holds up to 16 server andor storage blades plus optional redundant network and storage interconnect modules. The hp pc blade enclosure includes a slot for an interconnect switch used to provide external ethernet.
Blade and physical switches when comparing the blade switches with the physical counter parts. Bladesystem pc blade enclosure with 20 hp blade pcs contains 40 10100 mbps network adapters nic. Hp 1 gbe passthrough module for cclass bladesystem. The switches that the blades are connected to are effectively black boxes to me and ive been told theyve got a vlan id of 1 enabled and i should us. Blade server enclosure bl20p, bl20p g2, or bl40p blade servers gbe or gbe2 interconnect switch gbe2 is required for fibre channel connectivity with bl20p g2 blade servers dual port fibre channel mezzanine card for fc connectivity with bl20p g2 server blades. The hp switch gbe2c only has gigabit ports in it and to keep cost down we went with copper cabling utp to the switch and then plugged it into a sfp to copper adapter. Edit any of the fields in this subcategory, and then to save the changes, click apply in the snmp alert destinations subcategory, the ip addresses and community strings for the snmp management clients are configured so that any alert or trap from the onboard administrator is sent to the appropriate system with the community string. Vlan configuration in blade enclosure hewlett packard. This is just a basic down to earth connection between a cisco core switch and hp virtual connect flexfabric 10gb24port module, for 10gb speeds.
Hp vsa software is installed in a virtual machine on a vmware. Hewlett packard enterprise assumes you are qualified in the. Hpe storage fibre channel switches have a maximum warranty period of one. The cisco nexus 5672 up switches we have here are 10gbe so you will get a speed mismatch and the port will show a message about the sfp having failed validation if you dont. The hp storageworks tape blades are the industrys first bladed tape. Im trying to get a vlan configuration working to enable two of my hp25p blade server to communicate directly via 192.
Tape blades are ideal for hp bladesystem cclass customers who need a data protection solution but are. Cisco catalyst blade switch 3120 for hp software configuration guide and cisco catalyst blade switch 3020 for hp software configuration guide not orderable, but available on cisco. My team is implementing a new hp c7000 at out dr site. We have been hoping for a 10gb version of the 3020. Hp c7000 enclosure overview the hp bladesystem c7000 enclosure goes beyond just blade servers. Vmware technical note 3 blade server hardware requirements blade server hardware requirements are as follows. Utilizing this hardwired knowledge, onboard administrator performs initial configuration steps for the enclosure, allow for runtime management and configuration of the enclosure components, and informs you of problems within the enclosure through email, snmp, or the insight display. The base software management options to configure the beast that is the. One infrastructure and one management platform to speed the delivery of services.
Hpe bladesystem c7000 enclosure setup and installation guide abstract this guide describes identification, operations, setup, configuration and utilities, troubleshooting, regulatory notices, specifications, and technical support. I have heard rumors of an announcement this fall, but no official word on that. The hp bladesystem c7000 enclosure goes beyond just blade servers. The following information was excerpted from the cisco catalyst blade switch 3020 for hp software configuration guide, rel. For virtual connect multi enclosure domains, be sure that all enclosures have the same management vlan configuration for all vc interconnects and all oa modules. The switches are then connected through a sas cable to external storage depending on your application needs. All hewlett packard enterprise switches run on comware, a common. Hewlett packard enterprise assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. This service provides the installation and configuration of an hp bladesystem. Hp bladesystem onboard administrator user guide version 2.
Beginning in privileged exec mode, follow these steps to manually assign ip information to multiple switched virtual interfaces svis. Re the network configuration, my understanding and it could be limited, as i havent messed around with our configuration is that your blade will see the physical nics that are installed in it i. Hpe bladesystem lets you transform legacy blade server infrastructure and scale business performance. The following conditions must be met when performing a rackfree installation. I decided to guide you through components of hp c7000 enclosure and components you can use. Hp blade chassis is dense and intense network world. Hp bladesystem cclass and all managed devices used in the enclosure. Hewlett packard enterprise portfolio of ethernet switching products makes it. The c7000 enclosure came with 2 hp virtual connect flexfabric 10gb24port. Cisco blade switches for hp configuration guides cisco. Hp storage fibre channel switches have a maximum warranty period of one 1 year regardless of the warranty. Hpe 0x2x32 kvm server console switch g2 with virtual media cac software. The hpe power advisor is a tool provided by hewlett packard. Hp 6125 blade switch series fundamentals configuration guide part number.
Hp ultrium tape blades the hp sb1760c is an lto4 ultrium, 1. A simple connection to the hp c7000 enclosure for 10gb. Bladesystem is a line of blade server machines from hewlett packard enterprise hewlettpackard before 2015 that was introduced in june 2006 the bladesystem forms part of the hpe converged systems platform, which use a common converged infrastructure architecture for server, storage, and networking products. Hp 6125 blade switch series hewlett packard enterprise. Some 8gb san switch models ship with licenses that place. Hp bladesystem onboard administrator 2 minute demo. Hp gbe2c ethernet blade switch hp gbe2c ethernet blade switch hp gbe2c ethernet blade switch. Microsoft windows server 2008 r2 for itaniumbased systems. These seem to work well, but my storagevirtualisation guy prefers the hp modules.
An bladesystem onboard administrator management module is built in to the. Family data sheet hp bladesystem cclass enclosures interconnects ethernet lan hp virtual connect flex1010d module hp 6125gxg ethernet blade switch hp 6125g ethernet blade switch cisco catalyst blade switch 3120g cisco catalyst blade switch 3120x cisco b22hp fabric extender hp 10gb ethernet passthru module hp 1gb ethernet passthru module. Provides a wizardbased initial setup process for easy configuration. Server information thorough inventory, including firmware. Designed for enterprise installations of 100 to more than 1,000 virtual machines. Hp has released the 6127xlg blade switch for the c7000 blade enclosure.
One pair 2 of network ethernet interconnects either patch panel or switch. The installation position in the enclosure in this document is only for illustration. Learn about hpe bladesystem, the blade server architecture system that speeds delivery and provides an easy migration path to software defined composable infrastructure. Connecting hp blade system c7000 enclosure to cisco. Now our hp blade system c7000 enclosure use one cisco switch and the dmz and nondmz ports are configured on the same cisco switch and when we restart any server from any.
Hp bladesystem solutions start with a bladesystem c7000 enclosure, optional. Since the cci solution packages many hp blade pcs in a small space, the number of network cables within this space can quickly become overwhelming. We have cisco cbs 3020 and cisco mds 9124e at our primary data center. The bladesystem c7000 enclosure referred to as the enclosure can be used in a rack free environment. Bladesystem pclass enclosure or cisco catalyst blade switch 3020 for hp bladesystem cclass enclosure.
Hpe bladesystem c3000 enclosure setup and installation guide abstract this document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. Hpe 0x2x16 kvm server console switch g2 with virtual media cac software. Follow the hp bladesystem c3000 enclosure setup and installation guide to rack mount the enclosure and provide appropriate power and cooling. If the enclosure vlan feature is enabled, be sure that all hp 3g sas switches are configured with the same management vlan id as the oa modules in that enclosure.
Cisco catalyst blade switch 3020 for hp software configuration guide, rel. Monitor temperature, cmc, fan speed, power supply, blade chassis, and more. Greetings, we currently use the cisco 3020 blade switch in our hp c7000 enclosures. Hewlett packard enterprise support center hpe support center. Hp releases 6127xlg blade switch for hp blade enclosure. Inside the blade chassis, hp has inserted a mezzanine backplane that. A bl460c g6 blade with dual 5620 cpus and all dimm slots fully populated reports 260w of allocated power in my c7000s. Connection between hp virtual connect flexfabric 10gb24port module on a hp c7000 enclosure and a cisco 3750 switch im trying to connect a hp c7000 blade enclosure with a catalyst 3750 switch. This guide is for an experienced service technician. Redundant hp storageworks 3gb sas bl switches are installed in the interconnect bays of the hp bladesystem enclosure. Individual server blade remote power on and power off is just the start. Hpe oneviews softwaredefined approach to infrastructure management is. It has a heavily modified nexus 5k switch, rebranded as a fabric interconnect, and management software for the whole system. Hp server monitoring software hp server management.
Cisco catalyst blade switch 3020 for hp getting started guide cisco. It means optimizing infrastructure for traditional and hybrid cloud workloads while maintaining cost, flexibility and operational simplicity. The bladesystem c7000 enclosure provides all the power, cooling, and io infrastructure needed to support modular server, interconnect, and storage components today and throughout the next several years. Hp bladesystem c7000 enclosure hewlett packard enterprise. Hp bladesystem cclass enclosures velocity tech solutions. The 2 modules should be connected to two different switches. With a blade infrastructure, however, the admins need to buy at least a pair of switches for each blade enclosure. Each hp blade server has an hp smart array p700m controller installed in a mezzanine slot. This chapter describes the hp pc blade enclosure integrated administrator and provides a brief overview of software associated with the system. Lacp towards hp chassis network infrastructure forums.
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