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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Tables
Preface
Table 1: Typographic Conventions
20
Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch
Table 2: Default User Access Levels
30
Table 3: Proprietary Attributes for RADIUS
46
Table 4: Default TACACS+ Authorization Levels
48
Table 5: Alternate TACACS+ Authorization Levels
48
Table 6: User Access Levels
60
Chapter 2: Ports and Trunking
Table 7: Ethernet Switch Port Names
66
Table 8: Actor vs. Partner LACP configuration
73
Chapter 3: Port-Based Network Access Control
Table 9: Support for RADIUS Attributes
82
Chapter 4: VLANs
Table 10: Multiple VLANs with Tagging
96
Chapter 5: Spanning Tree Protocol
Table 11: Ports, Trunk Groups, and VLANs
110
Table 12: Ports, Trunk Groups, and VLANs
114
Table 13: VLAN Participation in Spanning Tree Groups
116
Chapter 6: RSTP and MSTP
Table 14: RSTP vs. STP Port states
122
Chapter 7: Link Layer Discovery Protocol
Table 15: LLDP Optional Information Types
132
Chapter 8: Quality of Service
Table 16: Well-Known Protocol Types
139
Table 17: Well-Known Application Ports
140
Table 18: Well-Known TCP flag values
140
Table 19: ACI Precedence Groups
141
Table 20: Default QoS Service Levels
150