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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Preface
The BLADE OS 5.1 Application Guide describes how to configure and use the BLADE OS 5.1
Advanced Functionality Software for the HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for c-Class
BladeSystem. For documentation on installing the switch physically, see the User Guide for your
HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch (GbE2c).
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for network installers and system administrators engaged in configuring and
maintaining a network. The administrator should be familiar with Ethernet concepts, IP addressing,
Spanning Tree Protocol, and SNMP configuration parameters.
What You’ll Find in This Guide
This guide will help you plan, implement, and administer BLADE OS software. Where possible,
each section provides feature overviews, usage examples, and configuration instructions.
Part 1: Basic Switching
Chapter 1, “Accessing the Switch,” describes how to access the GbE2c to configure the switch
and view switch information and statistics over an IP network. This chapter also discusses
different methods to manage the switch for remote administrators, such as setting specific IP
addresses and using Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS), Secure Shell
(SSH), Secure Copy (SCP), and other methods.
Chapter 2, “Ports and Trunking,” describes how to group multiple physical ports together to
aggregate the bandwidth between large-scale network devices.
Chapter 3, “Port-Based Network Access Control,” describes how to authenticate devices
attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection characteristics. This feature prevents
access to ports that fail authentication and authorization, and provides security to ports of the
GbE2c that connect to blade servers.