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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Contents
Preface 17
Who Should Use This Guide
17
What You’ll Find in This Guide
17
Additional References
19
Typographic Conventions
20
Part 1: Basic Switching 21
Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch 23
The Management Network
24
Local Management Using the Console Port
25
The Command Line Interface
25
Remote Management Access
26
Configuring an IP Interface
26
Using Telnet
27
Using Secure Shell
27
Using the Browser-Based Interface
27
Configuring BBI Access via HTTP
27
Configuring BBI Access via HTTPS
28
BBI Summary
29
User Accounts
30
Using Simple Network Management Protocol
31
SNMP v1.0
31
SNMP v3.0
31
Configuring SNMP Trap Hosts
34
Client IP Address Agents
38
BOOTP Relay Agent
38
DHCP Relay Agent
39