Once you have your Virtual Connect the first thing you have to do is connect all the required Uplink ports with the switch before starting with the configuration.
For this example I will configure a Shared Uplink Set with 3 Uplink port connected from each VC Flex module to the switch.
Below diagram gives an overview of my setup
What we will configure?
- Our blade will have 6 interface (ideally there are 8 interface but we intend to use only 6 of them)
- There will be three bonds (bond0/bond1/bond2) configured for active backup mode
- bond0 will have allowed network bandwidth of 1 GB
- bond1 and bond2 will have allowed network bandwidth of 3 GB
- 3 Shared Uplink set with bond0 interface port connected to X3, bond1 interface port connected to X1, bond2 interface port connected to X5
- Smart Link for the Ethernet connection will be enabled
- Customised MAC address assigned to bond0 i.e. eth0 and eth1 (first two interface of the blade)
- Default MAC Address assigned to all the other interface in the server profile
Import Enclosure
First of all import the blade information from the enclosure Onboard Administrator
Importing enclosure, please wait...
SUCCESS: Enclosure imported
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IMPORT ENCLOSURE SUMMARY
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Enclosure Name : BlrSiteA-01-01
Rack Name : BlrSiteA-01
IP Address : 10.10.10.100
IPv6 Address : fe80::9618:82ff:fe12:254b/64
Status : OK
Status Cause : Enclosure enc0 is normal
It will give you a long list of blade information with other details on the console
Use the below command to show the enclosure details
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ID Name Import Status Serial Number Part Asset Tag
Number
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enc0 BlrSiteA-01-01 Imported BVD819XY2X 681844-B21
Some basic configuration before I start with network
SUCCESS: MAC cache failover settings modified
->set mac-cache Refresh=5
SUCCESS: MAC cache failover settings modified
->set igmp Enabled=false
SUCCESS: IGMP settings modified
->set igmp Timeout=260
SUCCESS: IGMP settings modified
->set enet-vlan SharedServerVLanId=false
SUCCESS: Ethernet settings modified
Creating a user
SUCCESS: User added : HPadmin
->show user
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User Name Roles Role Operations Full Name Contact Info Enabled
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Administrator domain FirmwareUpdate -- -- -- -- true
server PortMonitoring
network RestoreConfig
storage SaveConfig
SupportFiles
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HPadmin domain FirmwareUpdate -- -- -- -- true
server PortMonitoring
network RestoreConfig
storage SaveConfig
SupportFiles
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SNMP configuration
Disable SNMPV1,V2 as we intend to use SNMPV3.
NOTE: Here this article is all about network configuration hence I am not elaborating the SNMP configuration section
SUCCESS: SNMP configuration settings modified
->set snmp fc EnableV1V2=false
SUCCESS: SNMP configuration settings modified
->set loop-protect Enabled=true
SUCCESS: Ethernet Loop Protect settings modified
Configure Networking
Create Shared Uplink Set
Here we will create three set of shared uplink set for both the VC Flex Net Module
SUCCESS: Shared uplink port set added : Test1-NetA-X1
->add uplinkset Test1-NetB-X1 ConnectionMode=Failover
SUCCESS: Shared uplink port set added : Test1-NetB-X1
Add uplink port to this uplink set for both VC Flex module
SUCCESS: Port added : enc0:1:X1
->add uplinkport enc0:2:X1 UplinkSet=Test1-NetB-X1 Speed=Auto Role=Primary
SUCCESS: Port added : enc0:2:X1
Add Ethernet Network to this uplink (Test1-NetA-X1) for VC Flex module 1 (NetA)
SUCCESS: Network added : Test1-BOND1-NetA-527
->set network Test1-BOND1-NetA-527 SmartLink=Enabled
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND1-NetA-527
->set network Test1-BOND1-NetA-527 PrefSpeedType=Custom PrefSpeed=3000 MaxSpeedType=Custom MaxSpeed=3000
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND1-NetA-527
->set network Test1-BOND1-NetA-527 Color=green
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND1-NetA-527
Add Ethernet Network to this uplink (Test1-NetB-X1) for VC Flex module 2 (NetB)
SUCCESS: Network added : Test1-BOND1-NetB-527
->set network Test1-BOND1-NetB-527 SmartLink=Enabled
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND1-NetB-527
->set network Test1-BOND1-NetB-527 PrefSpeedType=Custom PrefSpeed=3000 MaxSpeedType=Custom MaxSpeed=3000
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND1-NetB-527
->set network Test1-BOND1-NetB-527 Color=green
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND1-NetB-527
Similarly we will create 2 more Uplink Set since we have total 6 interface to be configured for bond0/bond1/bond2
SUCCESS: Shared uplink port set added : Test1-NetB-X5
->add uplinkset Test1-NetA-X5 ConnectionMode=Failover
SUCCESS: Shared uplink port set added : Test1-NetA-X5
->add uplinkport enc0:1:X5 UplinkSet=Test1-NetA-X5 Speed=Auto Role=Primary
SUCCESS: Port added : enc0:1:X5
->add uplinkport enc0:2:X5 UplinkSet=Test1-NetB-X5 Speed=Auto Role=Primary
SUCCESS: Port added : enc0:2:X5
Add Ethernet Network to this uplink (Test1-NetA-X5) for VC Flex module 1 (NetA)
SUCCESS: Network added : Test1_BOND2-NetA-627
->set network Test1_BOND2-NetA-627 SmartLink=Enabled
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1_BOND2-NetA-627
->set network Test1_BOND2-NetA-627 PrefSpeedType=Custom PrefSpeed=3000 MaxSpeedType=Custom MaxSpeed=3000
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1_BOND2-NetA-627
->set network Test1_BOND2-NetA-627 Color=blue
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1_BOND2-NetA-627
Add Ethernet Network to this uplink (Test1-NetB-X5) for VC Flex module 2 (NetB)
SUCCESS: Network added : Test1-BOND2-NetB-627
->set network Test1-BOND2-NetB-627 SmartLink=Enabled
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND2-NetB-627
->set network Test1-BOND2-NetB-627 PrefSpeedType=Custom PrefSpeed=3000 MaxSpeedType=Custom MaxSpeed=3000
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND2-NetB-627
->set network Test1-BOND2-NetB-627 Color=blue
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND2-NetB-627
Lets create our third shared uplink set
SUCCESS: Shared uplink port set added : Test1-NetA-X3
->add uplinkport enc0:1:X3 UplinkSet=Test1-NetA-X3
SUCCESS: Port added : enc0:1:X3
->add uplinkset Test1-NetB-X3 ConnectionMode=Failover
SUCCESS: Shared uplink port set added : Test1-NetB-X3
->add uplinkport enc0:2:X3 UplinkSet=Test1-NetB-X3
SUCCESS: Port added : enc0:2:X3
Add Ethernet Network to this uplink (Test1-NetA-X3) for VC Flex module 2 (NetA)
SUCCESS: Network added : Test1-BOND0-NetA-427
->set network Test1-BOND0-NetA-427 SmartLink=Enabled
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND0-NetA-427
->set network Test1-BOND0-NetA-427 PrefSpeedType=Custom PrefSpeed=1000 MaxSpeedType=Custom MaxSpeed=1000
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND0-NetA-427
->set network Test1-BOND0-NetA-427 Color=orange
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND0-NetA-427
Add Ethernet Network to this uplink (Test1-NetB-X3) for VC Flex module 2 (NetB)
SUCCESS: Network added : Test1-BOND0-NetB-427
->set network Test1-BOND0-NetB-427 SmartLink=Enabled
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND0-NetB-427
->set network Test1-BOND0-NetB-427 PrefSpeedType=Custom PrefSpeed=1000 MaxSpeedType=Custom MaxSpeed=1000
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND0-NetB-427
->set network Test1-BOND0-NetB-427 Color=orange
SUCCESS: Network modified : Test1-BOND0-NetB-427
Create Server profile
SUCCESS: Profile added : server1
here we are providing a custom user defined MAC Address for our first two interface i.e. bond0
SUCCESS: Connection added to server profile : server1
->add enet-connection server1 AddressType=User-Defined EthernetMAC=00-17-A4-77-00-16 iScsiMAC=00-17-A4-77-00-17
SUCCESS: Connection added to server profile : server1
Next create 4 default enet connections for bond1 and bond2
SUCCESS: Connection added to server profile : server1
->add enet-connection server1
SUCCESS: Connection added to server profile : server1
->add enet-connection server1
SUCCESS: Connection added to server profile : server1
->add enet-connection server1
SUCCESS: Connection added to server profile : server1
Next assign the Ethernet Network we created above to respective enet-connections here. For our case we are also restricting the bandwidth of each interface. For bond0 we intend to restrict bandwidth to
->set enet-connection server1 1 Network=Test1-BOND0-NetA-427 SpeedType=Custom Speed=1000 PXE=Enabled
SUCCESS: Connection modified : server1
->set enet-connection server1 2 Network=Test1-BOND0-NetB-427 SpeedType=Custom Speed=1000 PXE=UseBios
SUCCESS: Connection modified : server1
For bond1 and bond2 we will restrict the bandwidth to 3 GB and PXE will be disabled
SUCCESS: Connection modified : server1
->set enet-connection server1 4 Network=Test1-BOND1-NetB-527 SpeedType=Custom Speed=3000 PXE=UseBios
SUCCESS: Connection modified : server1
->set enet-connection server1 5 Network=Test1_BOND2-NetA-627 SpeedType=Custom Speed=3000 PXE=UseBios
SUCCESS: Connection modified : server1
->set enet-connection server1 6 Network=Test1-BOND2-NetB-627 SpeedType=Custom Speed=3000 PXE=UseBios
SUCCESS: Connection modified : server1
Assign server profile to bay1
Lastly once all the required enet-connections are created we will assign this profile to blade 1
SUCCESS: Profile 'server1' assigned to device bay enc0:1
Similarly more profiles must be created for every blade in the enclosure.
Next power on the blade and you can start working on it.