6.2 HP IBRIX 9000 Storage Network Best Practices Guide (TA768-96069, December 2012)

The six patch cables shown in Figure 14 are the minimum cabling required to attach an IBRIX
9730 enclosure in the dedicated management network configuration. For maximum redundancy,
each patch cable ideally connects to a physically separate edge switch in the customer network.
Table 9 summarizes the necessary connections.
Table 9 IBRIX 9730 dedicated management network — cabling summary
DestinationOriginConnection
Customer Edge Switch – Management
network
Interconnect bay 1 – Connector X6Virtual Connect Module 1,
Management Connection
Customer Edge Switch – User/Cluster
network
Interconnect bay 1 – Connector X5Virtual Connect Module 1,
User/Cluster Connection
Customer Edge Switch – Management
network
Interconnect bay 2 – Connector X6Virtual Connect Module 2,
Management Connection
Customer Edge Switch – User/Cluster
network
Interconnect bay 1 – Connector X5Virtual Connect Module 2,
User/Cluster Connection
Customer Edge Switch – Management
network
OA1 – RJ-45 ( Labeled: iLO )Onboard Administrator 1
Customer Edge Switch – Management
network
OA2 – RJ-45 ( Labeled: iLO )Onboard Administrator 2
Increasing external bandwidth
The basic cabling configuration provides connectivity to the customer network and allows for up
to 10 Gb/s of bandwidth between the enclosure and the customer network. This level of bandwidth
may be insufficient for many customer applications.
To support additional bandwidth, the Virtual Connect module is configured to support LACP trunking
on connections X5-X1. By adding additional patch cables between the VC module and the customer
edge switch, the available bandwidth can be increased to a maximum of 50 Gb/s. The customer
edge switch must support LACP trunking and be appropriately configured for the trunking to operate
properly.
Cables should be added in numerically descending order starting with the highest numbered
connection port for a given bond.
Figure 15 IBRIX 9730 dedicated management network — LACP trunk cabling
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