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

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Figures
Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch
Figure 1: BOOTP Relay Agent Configuration
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Figure 2: DHCP Relay Agent Configuration
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Chapter 2: Ports and Trunking
Figure 3: Port Trunk Group
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Figure 4: Port Trunk Group Configuration Example
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Chapter 3: Port-Based Network Access Control
Figure 5: Authenticating a Port Using EAPoL
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Chapter 4: VLANs
Figure 6: Default VLAN Settings
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Figure 7: Port-Based VLAN Assignment
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Figure 8: 802.1Q Tagging (after port-based VLAN assignment)
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Figure 9: 802.1Q Tag Assignment
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Figure 10: 802.1Q Tagging (after 802.1Q tag assignment)
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Figure 11: Multiple VLANs with VLAN Tagging
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Chapter 5: Spanning Tree Protocol
Figure 12: Two VLANs on One Instance of Spanning Tree Protocol
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Figure 13: Two VLANs on Separate Instances of Spanning Tree Protocol
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Chapter 8: Quality of Service
Figure 14: QoS Model
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Figure 15: Layer 3 IPv4 Packet
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Figure 16: Layer 2 802.1q/802.1p VLAN Tagged Packet
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Chapter 9: Basic IP Routing
Figure 17: The Router Legacy Network
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Figure 18: Switch-Based Routing Topology
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Figure 19: DHCP Relay Agent Configuration
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