HPE 516733-B21 Getting Started Guide

QuickSpecs

HPE 6120XG Blade Switch

Overview

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HPE 6120XG Blade Switch

Designed for the c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HPE 6120XG Blade Switch provides sixteen 10Gb downlinks and eight 10G

scalability, as well as ease of deployment and reduced operational expense.

Figure 1 HPE 6120XG Blade Switch

Switch locator UID

SFP+/SFP link indicators

Switch status indicator

Active multiplexed port indicators

3. 10Gb CX4 backlit port number and status indicator LED

8. Backlit port number and status indicator LED

10Gb CX4 link indicator

Backlit port number and status indicator LED

SFP+/SFP link indicators

10.

Active multiplexed port indicator

What's New

• Support for Converged Enhanced Ethernet

At A Glance

Performance:

• Wirespeed 1 x 10Gb copper uplinks CX-4 for uplinking to data center switches

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SFP+ uplinks (including a dual personality CX4 and SFP+ 10G uplink, and two 10Gb cross-connects). A robust set of industry standard enhanced Layer 2 switching functions, QOS metering, security and High Availability features round out this extremely capable switch. The 6120XG is perfectly suited for datacenters migrating to 10G high performance architectures. With support of dual speed on 10G uplinks and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) capability, the 6120XG provides future proofing and investment protection. The 6120XG blade switch provides consistency and interoperability across existing network investments help reduce the complexity of network management through resilient core-to-edge connectivity and automated provisioning technologies. With a variety of connection interfaces, the 6120XG switch offers excellent investment protection, flexibility, and

• Support for sFlow

• Support for Uplink Failure Detection

• The 6120XG now supports Cut Through Mode at 10GbE

• Non blocking architecture

• Configurable for Store and Forward Switching or Cut Through Switching

• Wirespeed 16 x 10Gb downlinks to server NICs

• Wirespeed 2 x 10Gb cross connects for redundancy

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Overview

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• Wirespeed 8 x 10Gb SR, LR, or LRM fiber and copper SFP+ uplinks

Management

Security

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• Line Rate, full-duplex 240Gbps bridging fabric

• Offers simplified management through CLI option

• Can be managed through HTTP, HTTPS,

• Standards based SNMP management via tools such as PCM and PCM+

• OOBM via Onboard Administrator

• USB console port

• Web and telnet management options available

• Automated provisioning via Datacenter Connection Manager (DCM)

• Port security based on 802.1x, web, mac authentication limits access to unwanted users

• Secured access through SSH and HTTPS (SSL), SFTP

• Offers RADIUS Authentication

• Offers TACACS+ Authentication

• Port security and mac address lockout for access control

• STP root guard and per-port broadcast throttling for protection against misbehaved traffic.

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Models

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Models

HPE 6120XG Blade Switch

516733-B21

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Compatibility

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Compatibility

HPE ProLiant Servers

HPE ProLiant BL685c G7

HPE ProLiant BL685c G6

HPE ProLiant BL685c G5

HPE ProLiant BL680c G7

HPE ProLiant BL680c G5

HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen8

HPE ProLiant BL620c G7

HPE ProLiant BL495c G6

HPE ProLiant BL495c G5

HPE ProLiant BL490c G7

HPE ProLiant BL490c G6

HPE ProLiant BL480c

HPE ProLiant BL465c Gen8

HPE ProLiant BL465c G7

HPE ProLiant BL465c G6

HPE ProLiant BL465c G5

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen8

HPE ProLiant BL460c G7

HPE ProLiant BL460c G6

HPE ProLiant BL460c G5

HPE ProLiant BL460c

HPE ProLiant 420c Gen8

HPE ProLiant BL280c G6

HPE ProLiant BL260c G5

HPE ProLiant BL2x220c G7

HPE ProLiant BL2x220c G5

NOTE: Some servers listed above may be discontinued.

HPE Integrity Servers

HPE Integrity BL860c Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL860c i2 Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL860c i4 Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL870c Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL870c i2 Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL870c i4 Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL890c i2 Server Blade

HPE Integrity BL890c i4 Server Blade

NOTE: Some servers listed above may be discontinued.

HPE ProLiant BL c-Class

HPE BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure

HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure

Required Network

10Gb

Multimode fiber cable; 62.5/125 or 50/125 microns

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Server Blade Enclosures

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Cabling

Singlemode fiber cable: 9/125 micron

The following CX4 cable lengths have been qualified and can be purchased

Maximum

Multimode

micron

Multimode

micron

Multimode

micron

Singlemode

2 - 26m/33m*

2 - 82m

2 - 300m

2 -10km

LRM

0.5 - 220m

Enterprise.com/rnd/pdfs/10gig_cabling_technical_brief.pdf

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directly from HPE. Please see the Related Options section of this QuickSpecs:

HPE BladeSystem c-Class .5m 10-GbE CX4 Cable HPE BladeSystem c-Class 1m 10-GbE CX4 Cable HPE BladeSystem c-Class 3m 10-GbE CX4 Cable HPE BladeSystem c-Class 15m 10-GbE CX4 Cable

Distances

OM1

62.5/125

OM2

50/125

OM3

50/125

9 micron

* 26m at 160MHz and 33m at 200MHz.

NOTE: For additional information on 10Gb cable specifications go to:

http://www.Hewlett Packard

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Service and Support

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Service and Support

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