English dropdown-ico

Blade ICE BMD00178 manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32

Go to page of

Similar user manuals

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Blade ICE BMD00178, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Blade ICE BMD00178 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Blade ICE BMD00178. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Blade ICE BMD00178 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Blade ICE BMD00178
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Blade ICE BMD00178 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Blade ICE BMD00178 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Blade ICE BMD00178 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Blade ICE BMD00178, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Blade ICE service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Blade ICE BMD00178.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Blade ICE BMD00178 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    2350 Mis sio n C ollege Blv d. Suite 600 Santa Clar a, CA 95 05 4 www .bladene twork.n et BLADEO S ™ Release Notes 1/10Gb U plink E thernet Switch Mod ule for IBM BladeCe nter ® Ve r s i o n 6 . 3 Part N umber: BM D00178, Ap ril 20 10[...]

  • Page 2

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guide 2 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Copyrigh t © 201 0 BLADE Network T echnologies, Inc., 2350 Mi ssion Coll ege Blv d. Suite 600, Sa nta Clara, Californi a, 95054, USA. Al l rights reserved. Reference number: BM D00178 This do cument is p rotec ted by co pyright a nd dist ributed un der lic enses re strictin g its u se, copy[...]

  • Page 3

    BMD00178 , April 2 010 3 Release Notes The 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module (GbESM) is one of up to fo ur switch modules that can be installed in the I BM BladeCenter chassi s. These releas e no tes pr ovi d e th e lates t infor mat ion r egardin g BL ADEOS 6.3 for the 1/ 10Gb Up lin k Ethernet Switch Module. This supplement modifies informatio[...]

  • Page 4

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 4 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Hardwa re Support BLAD EOS 6. 3 sof twar e is s uppor ted on ly on the 1/10G b Upli nk E thern et Sw itch M odul e for IBM BladeCent er . The 1/10Gb Upl ink ESM ( GbESM) shown in Fi gure 1 is a high performance Layer 2-3 embedd ed network switch t hat features tight integration with IBM Bla[...]

  • Page 5

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 5 The GbESM contains three 10 Gigabit Small Form-factor , Pluggable (SFP+) slots. The 10Gb SFP+ slots can accept 1Gb copper transceivers, 10Gb optical transceivers, or Direct Attach Cables (DAC). Note – If a DAC is not p rogrammed to m eet MSA sp ecifications (including length identifier), the [...]

  • Page 6

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 6 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Up da ting the Swi tch Sof t ware Imag e The switch software image i s the executab l e code running on the GbESM. A version o f the image ships with the switch, and comes pre-installed on the dev i ce. As new ver sions of the image ar e released, you can upgrade the soft ware runni ng on y[...]

  • Page 7

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 7 When the software requ irements are met, u se one of the following procedur es to download the new software to your switch. Y ou can use the B LADEOS C LI, the I SCLI, or the BBI to d o wnload and activate new software. Using the BLADEOS CL I 1. At the Boot Options# prom pt , ent er: 2. Enter t[...]

  • Page 8

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 8 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Using the ISCLI 1. In Privileged EXEC mode, enter the following command: 2. Enter the hostname o r IP address of the FTP or TFTP server . 3. Enter the name of the new software file o n the server . The exact form of the name will vary by server . However , the file location is normally rela[...]

  • Page 9

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 9 Using the BBI Y ou can use the Browser-B ased Interface to load software onto the GbESM. Th e software image to load can resid e in one of the f o llowing locations:  FTP server  TFTP server  Local computer After you log onto the BBI, perform the followin g steps t o load a softwa re i[...]

  • Page 10

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 10 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Using the Boot Mana gement Menu The Boot Management menu allows you to switch the software image, reset the switch to factory defaults, or to recover from a failed soft ware download. Y ou can interrupt the boo t process and enter the Boot Management menu from the serial console port. Wh e[...]

  • Page 11

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 11 3. Boot the switch a nd access the Boot Management menu by pressing <Shift B> while the Memory T est is in progress and the dots are being display ed. 4. Select 3 for Xmodem download . When you see the following mes sage, change the Serial Port characteristics to 1 15200 bps: 5. Press &l[...]

  • Page 12

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 12 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 7. When you see the fo l lowing mess age, change the Serial Port characteristics to 9600 bps: 8. Press the Escape k ey (< Es c> ) to re-display the Boot Management menu . 9. Select 3 to start a new XModem Dow nload . W hen you see the following message, ch ange the Serial Port charac[...]

  • Page 13

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 13 New and Up date d Features BLADEOS 6.3 for 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Mod ule (GbESM) has been updated to include new and enhanced features in supp ort of V irtualizat ion and Fibre Ch annel over Ethernet. The list of features below summarizes the updated features. For more detailed informa[...]

  • Page 14

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 14 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 S tacking Lim itation s The GbESM with BLADEOS 6.3 can op erate in one of two modes:  Default mod e, which is th e regular st and-alone (or non -stacked) mode.  Stack ing mode, in which mu ltiple physical sw itches aggr egate functions as a single switchin g device. When in stacking [...]

  • Page 15

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 15 VMready The switch’ s VMr eady software makes it vir tuali zat ion aware . Ser vers t hat run hype rvis or softw are with multiple instances of on e or more operating systems can present each as an indep endent virtual machine (VM) with its own applications. W i th VMready , the GbESM auto m[...]

  • Page 16

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 16 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 VLAN Map s A VLAN map (VMAP) is an Access Control List (AC L) that can be as s igned to a VLAN rather than to a switch port as with regular ACLs. In a virtualized environment, VMAPs allow you to create traff ic filtering and metering policies that are associated with a VM group VLAN, allow[...]

  • Page 17

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 17 OSPFv3 BLADEOS s upports the Open S hortest Path First (OSPF) version 2 and ve rsion 3 routi ng protocols. The OSPFv3implementation confor ms to the OSP F version 2 specifications detailed in Internet RFC 1583, and OSPF version 3 specifications in RFC 2328 App endix G .2 and RFC 2740. OSPF v e[...]

  • Page 18

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 18 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Active MultiPath Protocol Active MultiPath Protocol (AMP) allows y ou to con nect three switches in a loop topology , and load-balance traf fic across all uplinks (no blocking) . When an AMP link fails, upstream communication co ntinues over the remaining AMP link. Once the f ailed AMP lin[...]

  • Page 19

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 19 SM IPv4 and IPv4 Config uration Extensions BLADEOS 6 .3 supports EIP AA extensions to t he chassis’ A dvanced Managemen t Module (AMM) that prov ide more IP address conf iguration options . The following IP ad dressing options are now available on the AMM:  Automati c IPv4 address configu[...]

  • Page 20

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 20 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 IGMP Group Capacity BLADEOS 6.3 suppor ts IGMP groups dif ferently than earlier releases: The GbESM no w supports a maxi mum of 20 48 IGMP entries , on a maximum of 10 24 VLANs. When the switch is in s tacking mo de, one IGMP entry is allocated f or each unique join request, based on t he [...]

  • Page 21

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 21 Supplement al In formation This section provides additional informatio n abo ut configu ring and operating the GbESM and BLADEO S. Management Module  The “Fast POST=Disabled/Enabled” insid e the IBM managemen t module W eb interface “I/O Module Adm in Power/Restart” d oes not apply [...]

  • Page 22

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 22 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Management Module/GbESM Connectivity Currently , the IBM management module is designed to provide one-way control of the GbESM. As a result, the GbESM may lose connectivity to the managem e nt module v ia the man agemen t port under the following conditions:  If new IP attributes are pu[...]

  • Page 23

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 23 Secure Management Network The following GbESM attributes are reserved to p rovide secure m anagement access to and from the IBM managemen t mod ule:  MG T1 (port 15) and MG T2 (port 16)  VLAN 4095  IP interface 128  Gateway 4  STG 128 For more information about remotely managing[...]

  • Page 24

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 24 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Sp a nnin g T ree Con figuration Tip s T o ensure proper operation with s w itches that use Cisc o Per VLAN Spanning T ree (PVST+), you mus t do one of the follo win g :  Create a separate Spanning T ree Group f or each VLAN.  Manually add all associated VLANs into a single Spann ing[...]

  • Page 25

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 25 Command Replacement s STP Edge and Li nk The following co mmands have been moved in the CLI: The equivalent ISCL I config-if mode commands (under interface port <# > ) have also been moved: When the switch boots with BLADEOS 6.3 software, any prior configuration in the active configurat [...]

  • Page 26

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 26 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 BPDU Guard BLAD EOS 6. 3, BPD U Guar d is no w conf igur e d on a per-port b asis , rath e r than glob ally . The followi ng commands have been moved in th e CLI: The equivalent ISCLI Global C onfiguration Mode command has moved to the In terface Port Config uration Mod e: During upgr ade [...]

  • Page 27

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 27 Known Issues This sect ion desc ribes known issu es for BLADEOS 6.3 on the 1/10Gb Uplin k Ethernet Switch Module. Sof tware Upgrade Issue s  Some time zones ar e different compared to release 6.1.2 and prior . After upgrading to release 6.3 or l ater , it is recommended that the administra [...]

  • Page 28

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 28 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 Interoperability w ith Older Hubs The command- line interface might di splay l ink up a nd link down messa ges continuously f or an external port that is connected to certain o lder hub models configu red for 100 Mbps half-du plex. The displ ay might sho w link u p erroneous ly . This beha[...]

  • Page 29

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 29 St atic Mrouter If a port has a stati c multicast router (Mro uter) configured, an d you move th e port to a dif ferent VLAN, the static Mrouter appears in the /info/l3/igmp/mrouter/dump outp ut for the original VLAN. Solutio n: When y ou move th e port to a new VLAN, remo ve the static Mroute[...]

  • Page 30

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 30 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10 T runk and Li nk Loop When you create a tru nk or link loo p between the GbESM and another switch, packets migh t loop infinitely at line rate within the related li nks. When this problem occurs, the GbESM continuously displays the following mes sages at the console: WARNING: packet_sent u[...]

  • Page 31

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application Guid e BMD00178 , April 2010 31 vCenter Synchronization When applyi ng distributed VM group configu ration changes, the sw itch will attempt to synchronize settings with the VMware vCenter for virtualization management. If t he vCenter is unavailable, an error message will be displayed on the switch. Be sure to evaluate all [...]

  • Page 32

    BLADEOS 6.3 Application G uide 32 BMD 00178 , Apr i l 20 10[...]