BLADE OS™ Application Guide HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class BladeSystem Version 5.1 Advanced Functionality Software
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part 1: Basic Switching
- Accessing the Switch
- The Management Network
- Local Management Using the Console Port
- The Command Line Interface
- Remote Management Access
- Client IP Address Agents
- Securing Access to the Switch
- Setting Allowable Source IP Address Ranges
- RADIUS Authentication and Authorization
- TACACS+ Authentication
- LDAP Authentication and Authorization
- Secure Shell and Secure Copy
- Configuring SSH/SCP Features on the Switch
- Configuring the SCP Administrator Password
- Using SSH and SCP Client Commands
- SSH and SCP Encryption of Management Messages
- Generating RSA Host and Server Keys for SSH Access
- SSH/SCP Integration with Radius Authentication
- SSH/SCP Integration with TACACS+ Authentication
- End User Access Control
- Ports and Trunking
- Port-Based Network Access Control
- VLANs
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- RSTP and MSTP
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol
- Quality of Service
- Accessing the Switch
- Part 2: IP Routing
- Basic IP Routing
- Routing Information Protocol
- IGMP
- OSPF
- OSPF Overview
- OSPF Implementation in BLADE OS
- OSPF Configuration Examples
- Remote Monitoring
- Part 3: High Availability Fundamentals
- High Availability
- Layer 2 Failover
- Server Link Failure Detection
- VRRP Overview
- Failover Methods
- BLADE OS Extensions to VRRP
- Virtual Router Deployment Considerations
- High Availability Configurations
- High Availability
- Part 4: Appendices
- Index

BLADE OS 5.1 Application Guide
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Part 3: High Availability Fundamentals 225
Chapter 14: High Availability 227
Layer 2 Failover
228
Uplink Failure Detection (UFD) Migration
228
Auto Monitoring Trunk Links
228
VLAN Monitor
229
Auto Monitor Configurations
229
Setting the Failover Limit
231
Manually Monitoring Port Links
231
L2 Failover with Other Features
232
LACP
232
Spanning Tree Protocol
232
Configuration Guidelines
233
Auto Monitor Guidelines
233
Manual Monitor Guidelines
233
Configuring Layer 2 Failover
234
Auto Monitor Example
234
Manual Monitor Example
235
Server Link Failure Detection
236
Spanning Tree Protocol with SFD
237
Configuration Guidelines
237
Configuring Server Link Failure Detection
237
Configuring SFD on Switch 1
237
Configuring SFD on Switch 2
238
VRRP Overview
239
VRRP Components
239
VRRP Operation
240
Selecting the Master VRRP Router
241
Failover Methods
242
Active-Active Redundancy
243
Virtual Router Group
243
BLADE OS Extensions to VRRP
244
Virtual Router Deployment Considerations
245
High Availability Configurations
246