HP 498358B21 - Manual

HP ProCurve

6120XG

Blade Switch

Installation Instructions

for HP c-Class BladeSystem

Overview

This card provides instructions for installing an HP ProCurve 6120XG
Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem in an HP c-Class BladeSystem

enclosure.

Kit contents



HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch

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Console cable (USB A to USB mini-AB)

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Customer Support/Warranty booklet

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License documentation



This document

IMPORTANT:

Only use HP-approved pluggable SFP+ or SFP

optical transceiver modules or SFP+ direct attach cables. For

more information, see the QuickSpecs on the HP website

(http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/interconnects).

HP ProCurve 6120XG

Blade Switch

Additional information

For more information on the association between the server blade

mezzanine connectors and the interconnect bays, see the HP
BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide that ships with

the enclosure

.

During server blade installation, the location of the

mezzanine card determines the installation location of the switch

modules.

For specific switch port connection information for each blade, see

the HP BladeSystem enclosure setup and installation guide that ships

with the enclosure. Connections differ by blade type.

Installation guidelines

Observe the following guidelines:



All HP ProCurve switches in the enclosure require valid and
unique IP addresses before they can be accessed via Ethernet.
By default DHCP is enabled on these switches, so the switch

management interface can get IP credentials from the DHCP

server on the attached Ethernet network. If EBIPA is enabled on
the Onboard Administrator (OA) of the enclosure, OA will

assign an IP address to the switch from its configured IP

address range, so that switch can be accessed from the OA

Ethernet interface. If EBIPA is disabled but DHCP service is
available on the network attached to the OA Ethernet interface,

then the switch gets its IP address assigned from the attached

network. Any IP host on that network can access the switch at
this point. If the DHCP service is not available on the attached

network, the user can assign valid IP credentials from the

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Part Number 539957-001
September 2009 (First Edition)