Page 3 - Introduction; Advanced IP Services; PRIMERGY BX600 GbE switch variant 2:; Six 1 Gbit/s Ethernet RJ45 ports
Whitepaper Issue: 20th October 2006 PRIMERGY BX600 GbE Switch (six 1 Gbit, two 10 Gbit Ports) Layer 2/3/4 Switch Page 3 / 47 1 Introduction Today most datacenter networks run with switches from a single vendor. Although most of the protocols used are standardized, there are a number of proprieta...
Page 4 - Switch Connectivity; Auto Negotiation; Table 1 : Speed and Duplex Settings; Here is the corresponding Cisco configuration:
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 4 / 47 2 Switch Connectivity 2.1 Auto Negotiation 2.1.1 Introduction The SB9 is equipped with at least six Gigabit Ethernet ports which are implemented as specified in the 1000BaseT standard. (Since ten Giga...
Page 5 - Port Aggregation; Figure 1 : Typical uplink configuration for SB9; ti; Table 2 : Possible port-channel configurations
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 5 / 47 2.2 Port Aggregation 2.2.1 Introduction You will usually need more than 1 Gbit when connecting an SB9 switch in a datacenter. In this case two or more links are set up to form a port-channel, also kno...
Page 6 - Step 1: Shut down the affected ports to avoid loops
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 6 / 47 2.2.3 Configuration The setup in Figure 1 would be configured in the following steps: • Step 1: Shut down the affected ports to avoid loops • Step 2: Set up the port-channel • Step 3: Bring up the aff...
Page 7 - Step 3: Bring up the affected ports
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 7 / 47 channel-group 2 mode on end Step 3: Bring up the affected ports ! SB9 interface range 0/11 – 0/14 no shutdown exit end ! Cisco A interface Po 1 no shutdown end ! Cisco B interface Po 2 no shutdown end...
Page 8 - VLANs and Trunks; Figure 2 : VLAN Trunk between SB9 and Cisco Switch; Step 2: Define the VLANs
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 8 / 47 2.3 VLANs and Trunks 2.3.1 Introduction Most network administrators want to partition their network into multiple broadcast domains to provide better network stability and better information security....
Page 9 - Please refer chapter
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 9 / 47 Step 1: Configure the port-channels Please refer chapter 2.2 Step 2: Define the VLANs ! SB9 ! Configure the VLANs (VLAN 1 is default and can’t be configured vlan database vlan 10 vlan name 10 VLAN-10 ...
Page 10 - Step 4: Verify the VLAN trunk; Disable Disable 0; show interface trunk
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 10 / 47 switchport allowed vlan 1,10,20 ! interface range GigabitEthernet0/1 - 2 ! the native vlan 1 is default and normally not displayed in configuration switchport trunk native vlan 1 switchport trunk all...
Page 11 - Spanning Tree Protocol; Introduction; Table 3 : Spanning tree protocol implementations; Running ST P 802.1D with PVST+ on VLAN Trunks
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 11 / 47 2.4 Spanning Tree Protocol 2.4.1 Introduction When the only standard for spanning tree protocols in LANs was STP, as specified in 802.1D, Cisco developed a number of proprietary protocol enhancements...
Page 12 - Running PVST+ on VLAN Trunks while disabling STP at the SB9; Cisco A; Cisco B; Figure 4 : PVST+ while STP is disabled at SB9
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 12 / 47 therefore important that one native VLAN is defined at both VLAN trunks. Cisco recommends that this native VLAN should be the same for both trunks to the SB9. If the Po1 link or switch A itself fails...
Page 13 - Rapid Spanning Tree
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 13 / 47 Rapid Spanning Tree The standard IEEE 802.1w (RSTP) defines only BPDUs in the native VLAN as implemented by the SB9. Cisco also enhanced RSTP to RAPID-PVST which is compatible to RSTP in a number of ...
Page 14 - Figure 6 : Combining RAPID-PVST and 802.1w after failure of Po1; Running RAPID-PVST on VLAN Trunks while disabling STP at the SB9; Figure 7 : RAPID-PVST while STP is disabled at SB9
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 14 / 47 Figure 6 : Combining RAPID-PVST and 802.1w after failure of Po1 Figure 6 shows this scenario. When server 1 now wants to send data to server 2, switch B will send it to switch A via Po3 (as indicated...
Page 15 - Recommended Solution; SB9 Switch; No STP; Ok; with restrictions; Table 4 : Possible STP combinations when using VLAN Trunks; Configuration with VLAN Trunks; Step 1: Configure the switches
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 15 / 47 2.4.2 Recommended Solution As discussed earlier, there are a number of different combinations of STP protocols that can be selected when integrating SB9 switches into Cisco networks. Although using M...
Page 18 - /11 Auto True
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 18 / 47 switchport mode trunk channel-group 2 mode on interface GigabitEthernet0/23 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport mode trunk channel-group 3 mode on ! interface GigabitEthernet0/24 switchpo...
Page 19 - Spanning tree enabled protocol rstp
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 19 / 47 Po1 Desg FWD 3 128.96 P2p Po3 Desg FWD 3 128.112 P2p VLAN0010 Spanning tree enabled protocol rstp Root ID Priority 10 Address 0017.9470.3200 This bridge is the root Hello Time 1 sec Max Age 11 sec Fo...
Page 20 - Po2 Altn BLK; Figure 9 : Configuration example RSTP without VLAN trunks
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 20 / 47 Hello Time 1 sec Max Age 11 sec Forward Delay 8 sec Aging Time 300 Interface Role Sts Cost Prio.Nbr Type ---------------- ---- --- --------- -------- -------------------------------- Po2 Altn BLK 3 1...
Page 23 - ! Check if RSTP state at Cisco Switch A
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 23 / 47 0/5 Enabled Disabled Disabled 0/6 Enabled Disabled Disabled 0/7 Enabled Disabled Disabled 0/8 Enabled Disabled Disabled 0/9 Enabled Disabled Disabled 0/10 Enabled Disabled Disabled 0/11 Enabled PC Mb...
Page 24 - Access Port and NIC Configuration; Recommended solution; Smart Load Balance and Failover (with and without Auto-Fallback)
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 24 / 47 2.5 Access Port and NIC Configuration 2.5.1 Introduction In a typical setup, ports for server access are not configured as VLAN trunks but as normal access ports. Since the SB9 configuration differs ...
Page 25 - Configuration; Figure 11 : Typical access port configuration; Step 1: Configure the access ports of the switches
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 25 / 47 2.5.3 Configuration The following sample configurations show how to set up the switches’ access ports and the NIC drivers in a typical setup as shown in Figure 11. Figure 11 : Typical access port con...
Page 26 - Step 2: Configure the Broadcom NIC
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 26 / 47 switchport allowed vlan add 10 ! Set the access VLAN as native VLAN switchport native vlan 10 exit ! This line is only needed if you are running STP on the switch spanning-tree edgeport ! Forbid all ...
Page 27 - Review the configuration and press “OK”
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 27 / 47 Select the first adapter as “Load Balance Member” and the second as “Standby Member” and press “Preview”. Review the configuration and press “OK” Press “Yes” Press “OK”
Page 28 - Step 3: Configure the Intel Adapter; Select the “Teaming” tab
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 28 / 47 Step 3: Configure the Intel Adapter To configure the Intel NIC, open the “Local Area Connection Properties” for the first adapter. Press ”Configure” Select the “Teaming” tab
Page 31 - Cisco; detail; Figure 12 : Link State Group; Enable the Link State feature and create a Link State Group; Step 1: Configure a Link State Group
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 31 / 47 2.6 Link State 2.6.1 Introduction BX600 Blade Servers are equipped with 2 independent LAN ports by default. LAN Port redundancy is realized by utilizing NIC management programs with LAN teaming funct...
Page 32 - Step 3: Verify the configuration; Basic Multicast Services; Recommended solution; Enable multicast routing and IGMP at the layer 3 switch
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 32 / 47 Step 3: Verify the configuration show link state ! Shows information about configured Link State Groups 3 Basic Multicast Services 3.1 Introduction IP Multicast applications are common to many datace...
Page 33 - Verify the configuration
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 33 / 47 ip igmp snooping ! Enable IGMP snooping for VLANs vlan database set igmp 1 set igmp 10 set igmp 20 exit ! Enable IGMP snooping for ports interface 0/1 - 0/16 ip igmp snooping interfacemode exit inter...
Page 35 - Switch Management; Logging and Synchronization; Step 1a: Configure the SB9 for unicast SNTP
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 35 / 47 4 Switch Management 4.1 Logging and Synchronization 4.1.1 Introduction When there are problems in a network it is vital to log the events at all network devices. Since a data center network often con...
Page 36 - Step 3: Test the configuration; When running in SNTP unicast mode, the output is as follows:
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 36 / 47 Step 3: Test the configuration When running in SNTP unicast mode, the output is as follows: (bx6-sb9-a) # show sntp Last Update Time: AUG 21 13:34:59 2006 Last Unicast Attempt Time: AUG 21 13:34:59 2...
Page 37 - Step 1: Configure SNMP for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 37 / 47 4.2 SNMP 4.2.1 Introduction In most enterprise networks, SNMP is used for monitoring of network components. The most common protocol versions are SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c, which are fully supported by the ...
Page 38 - SNMP v2c Write Test; Remote Console Access; Telnet access; Step 1: Configure the SB9
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 38 / 47 Step 3: Test the SNMP configuration using your favorite SNMP management tool The following tests have been done using NET-SNMP with SNMPv2: C:\> snmpwalk -v 2c -c read 10.0.1.70 system SNMPv2-MIB:...
Page 39 - Integration into Radius and TACACS+; Configure the SB9
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 39 / 47 4.4 Integration into Radius and TACACS+ 4.4.1 Introduction Radius and TACACS are protocols that can be used for authentication, authorization and accounting. Enterprises often use one of these protoc...
Page 41 - ! SB9 Configuration for RADIUS
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 41 / 47 Specify the user’s password and press “Submit” Step 2: Configure the SB9 ! SB9 Configuration for RADIUS ! bind the authentication list to all users, which are ! not locally. username defaultlogin RAD...
Page 42 - Step 3: Test the login; View the passed authentications
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 42 / 47 Step 3: Test the login C:\> telnet bx6-sb9-b ! Test a login with correct username but wrong password (bx6-sb9-a) User: test-ro Password: WRONG ! Test a login with correct username and password Use...
Page 45 - Step 2: Configure the SB9
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 45 / 47 Step 2: Configure the SB9 ! SB9 Configuration for TACACS+ ! ! Create a authentication list ! authenticatio will be done agains TACACS, if the server ! does not respond, it will be done locally authen...
Page 46 - Cisco Discovery Protocol; Step 1: Configure the SB9
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 46 / 47 View the passed authentications 4.5 Cisco Discovery Protocol 4.5.1 Introduction The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is intended to provide a way of finding out about the physical cabling of a switch e...
Page 47 - Port Monitoring; Further information in the Internet:
White Paper Issue: October 2006 Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 47 / 47 Delivery subject to availability, specifications subject to change without notice, correction of errors and om issions excepted. All conditions quoted (TCs) are recommended cost prices in EURO excl. ...