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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4. Enable tracking on ports. Set the priority of Virtual Router 2 to 101, so that it becomes the Master.
5. Configure ports.
6. Turn off Spanning Tree Protocol globally. Apply and save changes.
/cfg/l3/vrrp/vr 1 (Select VRRP virtual router 1)
>> VRRP Virtual Router 1# track/ports/ena (Set tracking on ports)
>> VRRP Virtual Router 1 Priority Tracking# ..
>> VRRP Virtual Router 1# ..
>> Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol# vr 2 (Select VRRP virtual router 2)
>> VRRP Virtual Router 2# track/ports/ena (Set tracking on ports)
>> VRRP Virtual Router 2 Priority Tracking# ..
>> VRRP Virtual Router 2# prio 101 (Set the VRRP priority)
/cfg/l2/vlan 10 (Select VLAN 10)
>> VLAN 10# ena (Enable VLAN 10)
>> VLAN 10# add 20 (Add port 20 to VLAN 10)
>> VLAN 10# ..
>> Layer 2# vlan 20 (Select VLAN 20)
>> VLAN 20# ena (Enable VLAN 20)
>> VLAN 20# add 21 (Add port 21 to VLAN 20)
/cfg/l2/stg 1/off (Turn off STG)
>> Spanning Tree Group 1# apply
>> Spanning Tree Group 1# save