Hp 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Installation Instructions

HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch

Installation Instructions

Overview

This card contains information on how to set up the contents of the kit for your use.

For more information on switch installation and to download management utilities and firmware, see the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bl

adesystem/documentation

Kit contents

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One HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch

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This installation card

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Limited warranty and material limitations documentation

Preparing for installation

IMPORTANT:

record of the MAC address (printed on the MAC address label attached to the switch). This address is needed when configuring the switch.

Before installing the switch, make a

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10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch front panel

CAUTION:

Health LED is green resets the switch.

Item Description

1 UID LED 2 Health LED

• Off—Not powered up

• Green—Powered up and all ports match

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Pressing the Reset button while the

Amber—Indicates a problem such as a port mismatch. For more information, see the HP BladeSystem enclosure quick setup instructions.

Item Description

3 DB-9 management serial port 4 XFP transceiver cage ports 18 - 21

• Green—Link LED (top)

• Flashing green—Activity LED (bottom)

5 Reset button

Planning the switch configuration

The switch ships with a default configuration in which all downlink and uplink ports are enabled and assigned a default VLAN with a VID equal to 1. This default configuration simplifies the initial setup by a cable (from any external Ethernet connector) to connect the server blade enclosure to the network. Assess the switch configuration requirements befo your network environment.

llowing use of a single uplink

re connecting the switch to

Remove the air baffles.

Remove the divider.

The switch does not affect or

determine NIC numeration and the associated mapping of NIC interfaces to switch ports. The numbering of the NICs on the server (for example, NIC 1, NIC 2, NIC 3) is determined by operating system, and which NICs are enabled on the server.

NOTE:

Port 17 is reserved for connection to the

the server type, the server

Onboard Administrator module for switch management.

The Onboard Administrator modu

le controls downlink port enabling. Enabling is based on matching ports between the server and the interconnect Onboard Administrator module ve

bay. Before power up, the

rifies that the server NIC option matches the switch bay that is selected and enables all ports for the NICs installed.

For detailed port mapping information, see the HP BladeSystem enclosure quick setup instructions or the HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bl

adesystem/documentation

Installing the switch

CAUTION:

configuration.

IMPORTANT:

configuration matches the switch bay selected.

IMPORTANT:

Enclosure, the switch can only be installed in bays 5/6 or 7/8.

Do not cable the switch until after

Make sure that the server NIC

For the HP BladeSystem c7000

Install the switch.

A successful installation is indicated by a green Health LED. If the Health LED is amber or powe

r is not applied to the switch, see the "Troubleshooting" section of the HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide for more information.

For a cabling diagram, see the HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide.

For the HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure, the switch can only be installed in bays 3/4.

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