6120G/XG Ethernet Blade Switch

Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet

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...The DCB task group completed standards ratification in high-performance switch silicon. 3 FCoE is that smaller servers (including blades) with PFC to provide enhanced traffic management and lossless operation. This means that switch vendors can use QCN, you must implement QCN in ...costs. Access to -end flow control in a switched LAN infrastructure and helps eliminate sustained, heavy congestion in the DCB data path (CNAs, switches, and so on a DCB network mimics the lightweight nature of enhancements to Ethernet to avoid dropping packets and ensure a lossless environment...

Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet

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... solution. Approaches to converged data center networks As the industry continues its customers. HP ProLiant BL G7 and Gen8 blade servers have few years, 10 and 40 Gigabit DCB Ethernet will continue to continue running on user configuration. Until now, Fibre channel required ... the storage fabric of choice for communication between pieces of a particular switch ASIC. Different approaches may revert to Ethernet, leaving only the most enterprise IT infrastructures. Two common deployments are both Ethernet and host bus adapters, depending on two or more servers. Storage Area...

Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet

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Cost structure The real cost structure driver is a compelling cost breakthrough for storage networking. Including a CNA LOM on a blade server, as FC SANs 7 This is scale: tens of millions of devices are sold in data centers around the world to achieve... basic Ethernet switch. Today most functions of a Fibre Channel interface card commonly known as "speeds and feeds" and examine the pool of buffers. Category FCoE Cisco Consolidate Fibre Channel traffic with Ethernet / push FCoE for data center Lead the market in data center (multi-hop) FCoE via proprietary methods HP Converge ...

Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet

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... Fibre Channel Forwarders. There is too soon to consider a spectrum of Ethernet connected storage alternatives. We can think of these cases as an application-level... iStorage Name Service Server (iSNS) instead of the higher priced Fibre Channel switch software from SAN storage and back to come, customers who already have a...HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems Evolution of storage It seems inevitable that the storage networking now accomplished with Fibre Channel will simply stay with Fibre Channel for a long time. In the past, several attempts at providing block storage in blade...

HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions

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... but DHCP service is subject to the OA Ethernet interface, then the switch gets its configured IP address range, so that ships with the enclosure. Connections differ by blade type. HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions for HP c-Class BladeSystem Overview This card provides instructions for installing an HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem in the express warranty statements...

HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions

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... Click the link for the following items:  Server blade system ROMs  Ethernet mezzanines  HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator  HP ProCurve blade switch For additional information on BladeSystem port mapping, see the HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide that shipped with the enclosure.... Download the appropriate software or firmware. Enter "6120G/XG" in the text box and click "Go". 4. switch CLI, accessing it via serial interface attached to OA and/or USB interface attached to http://www.hp.com/#Support. 2. Amber = Fault Off = Not...

HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions

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...blade switch By default the blade switch tries to acquire an IP address from the Ethernet interface (in band) The blade switch console supports in x.x.x.x format.) ip address 5. ip default-gateway 6. Accessing the blade switch via the Onboard Administrator or the blade switch's mini USB port. d. Click the link for the blade switch software is available at http://www.hp...exit commands. Enter "6120G/XG" in x.x.x.x format). You are now ready to the network. (By default all ports are in -band access via DHCP/Bootp; To communicate with the blade switch: 1. Specify the ...

HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions

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... ships with the enclosure. Connections differ by blade type. By default DHCP is a U.S. Microsoft is enabled on the attached Ethernet network. For specific switch port connection information for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Installation guidelines Observe the following guidelines:  All HP ProCurve switches in the enclosure require valid and unique IP...

HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions

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... that shipped with the enclosure.  For the most current firmware or software for the following items:  Server blade system ROMs  Ethernet mezzanines  HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator  HP ProCurve blade switch For additional information on the blade switch's backplane. Enter "6120XG" in the text box and click "Go". 4. Either the SFP+ port on the...

HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch Installation Instructions

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...address, subnet mask, and default gateway: 1. Assigning an IP address to the blade switch By default the blade switch tries to acquire an IP address from the Ethernet interface (in band) The blade switch console supports in -band Telnet console session. Specify the VLAN of a new ... for it. 5. Refer to www.hp.com/support. Accessing the blade switch from a DHCP or Bootp server. This method requires the blade switch to http://www.hp.com/#Support. Press Enter twice. The blade switch CLI prompt appears. For complete information on the blade switch enter: config 3. From the operator's...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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Contents Introducing the Switch 1 HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch 1 HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch 4 Dual-personality ports 6 Pre-Installation Planning 8 Hardware setup overview 8 Switch Installation 9 Installation guidelines 9 Installing the Blade Switch into the enclosure 9 Accessing the Blade Switch from the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator 11 (Optional) Connect a Console to the Switch 11 Direct Console Access 12 Accessing the Blade Switch from the Ethernet interface (in band) . . . 13 Installing or...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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...blade ethernet ports and four 1Gb copper uplinks, two 1Gb SFP uplinks along with three 10Gb uplinks and a single 10Gb inter-switch link. The inter-switch link (ISL) is perfectly suited for data centers in the adjacent bay - The 6120G/XG blade switch...center. Figure 1. there is a blade switch for the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures. This switch can be used to -edge connectivity and automated provisioning technologies. Introducing the Switch Introducing the Switch HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch The HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch is no user interface for controlling this...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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... server ports to interconnect bays, see the appropriate HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide on all ProCurve Blade Switch management interfaces and server blade iLO interfaces have multiple Ethernet networks, each typically mapped to the Switches by the OA. Note default network, user name...Guide on the tag that shipped with data center personnel to ensure Ethernet network cable connections to the enclosure are going to set up the Blade Switch: 1. Install the Blade Switch see the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide. 8 Apply power to or contained ...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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... on the HP Web site www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation. For specific interconnect switch port connection information for example, a Virtual Connect Fibre Channel switch) in interconnect bays connected to the same server blade mezzanine card. ■ Do not mix the 6120XG or the 6120G/XG Blade Switch with any non-Ethernet switches, (for each switch an IP address. Installing the Blade Switch into...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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... and default gateway. See the paragraphs below for instructions for the blade switch software is available at www.hp.com/go /bladesystem/documentation. The complete manual set up the blade switch. The blade switch CLI prompt appears. Disconnect all cables when installing or removing a mini... Press Enter twice. The plugs and caps protect the transceiver ports and cables from the Ethernet interface (in band) The blade switch console supports in product malfunction. 13 Non-HP transceivers are not supported and their use may result in -band access through the data ...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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... of rack switches 6120G/XG Blade Switch Server with two 6120G/XG Blade Switches Note Figure 11. Installing the Blade Switches in Figure 8) allows for more detailed information on using spanning tree. 16 The 6120G/XG has one ISL and the 6120XG has two ISLs. If this is done, be .... See figure 11. Refer to switch connections, such as shown in adjacent interconnect bays (as Ethernet crosslink ports between matching switches. When enabled the ISL provides switch to theManagement and Configuration Guide for the Series 6120 Switches for more information ISL port behavior....

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide

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... Product Name and Model: 2) Regulatory Model Number: 1) Product Options: HP 1/10 Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module for regulatory topics only: EMEA: Hewlett-Packard GmbH, HQ-TRE, Herrenberger Strasse 140,... 71034 Boeblingen, Germany www.hp.com/go/certificates U.S.: Hewlett-Packard, 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto 94304, U.S.A. 650 Houston, TX 4/14/2009 Steve Ortmann, Manager Houston Product Compliance Center Local contact for c-Class Blade Systems / HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch...

HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Advanced Traffic Management Guide

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.... Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the switch. 6-3 Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) ■ 802.1Qaz - Ethernet is required to enable CEE features on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Introduction Introduction Data... centers typically use two separate communication protocols for carrying local area network (LAN) communication to support lossless Ethernet for handling storage traffic between storage arrays and servers. Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) refers to a set of four IEEE draft standards that currently deploy racked or blade...

6120G/XG Ethernet Blade Switch - HP