Whitepaper ⏐ Issue: 20th October 2006⏐ PRIMERGY BX600 GbE Switch (six 1 Gbit, two 10 Gbit Ports) Layer 2/3/4 Switch | Page 3 / 47 |
1 Introduction
Today most datacenter networks run with switches from a single vendor. Although most of the protocols used are standardized, there are a number of proprietary ones – especially redundancy and management protocols. Other features may be so individual that interoperability is possible but not simple.
It is therefore sometimes a challenge to integrate switches from one vendor into a network that has been build using a different vendor. This paper is intended to guide the reader with the task of integrating BX600 SB9 switches into Cisco networks.
A number of major aspects that are common to most datacenter networks are covered and have been tested in Fujitsu Siemens’ laboratories. All the features of Cisco switches mentioned in this paper have been tested with Catalyst 3560 and Catalyst 3750 series switches.
The following Cisco IOS software was used for the integration tests:
Catalyst 3750 | IOS 12.2(25)SEE1 | Advanced IP Services |
Catalyst 3560 | IOS 12.2(25)SEE1 | Advanced IP Services |
The PRIMERGY BX600 GbE switch is an integrated Gigabit Ethernet switch for use in the PRIMERGY BX600 chassis. Up to four switches can be installed, and each installed switch offers ten 1Gbit downlink ports to the midplane for connection to server blades. The PRIMERGY GbE switch comes in two variants as regards the external ports: one with six 1 Gbit uplink ports (RJ45), and one with six 1 Gbit uplink ports and two 10 Gbit uplink ports (XFP, CX4). The two 10 Gbit ports of the second variant can be connected by means of an XFP module and a CX4 cable. Layer 2/3/4 functionalities are supported.
PRIMERGY BX600 GbE switch variant 1:
PRIMERGY BX600 GbE switch variant 2:
∙ Six 1 Gbit/s Ethernet RJ45 ports
∙ Six 1 Gbit/s Ethernet RJ45 ports∙ Two 10 Gbit/s Ethernet ports (XFP, CX4) ∙ Infiniband cable 10m
must be ordered separately
∙ XFP multimode module