Fujitsu BX600 SB9 manual Configure a Link State Group

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White Paper ⏐ Issue: October 2006 ⏐ Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks

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2.6 Link State

2.6.1Introduction

BX600 Blade Servers are equipped with 2 independent LAN ports by default. LAN Port redundancy is realized by utilizing NIC management programs with LAN teaming functions such as ‘Broadcom BACS’, ‘Intel ProSETII’ and ‘Linux Channel Bonding’. However the server blade cannot detect a link down situation or a port failure situation timely if link failures occur on the uplink port(s) on SB9 Switch connected to the next higher level switches. In this case, it takes a long time (over 5-10 seconds) to perform a NIC failover via the teaming software of the server blade (it depends on polling period implemented in NIC management program). In order to realize a “rapid” fail-over of redundant blade server LAN ports, SB9 is able to shut down ports linked to server blades (internal ports) whenever an uplink port (external port) fails. If the upstream port is resumed to active state, the downstream ports will be enabled again.

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Figure 12 : Link State Group

2.6.2Recommended Solution

The SB9 provides a monitor task to see the link level of the upstream ports. If any upstream port fails, SB9 will disable the downstream ports belonging to the same Link State Group. This enables the LAN Teaming Software to detect the link failure and to switch the LAN port from failed one (Link down) to a working one in a short time. We recommend configuring link state groups for the considered ports in the customer configuration to improve failover behaviour

2.6.3Configuration

The following steps are necessary to set up a Link State Group:

∙1. Enable the Link State feature and create a Link State Group

∙2. Configure the up- and downstream ports and enable the configured Link State Group

∙3. Verify the configuration

Step 1: Configure a Link State Group

link state

!Enables the Link State admin mode link state group

!Creates a link state group

Step 2: Configure the up- and downstream ports and enable the configured Link State Group

interface range 0/1 – 0/4 link state group 1 downstream

!Sets the downstream port(s) for a Link State Group (Port 1 to 4 in this example) exit

interface 0/11

link state group 1 upstream

!Sets the monitored upstream port for a Link State Group exit

link state group enable 1

! Enables the configured Link State Group

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Contents Basic Multicast Services Contents Introduction Switch ConnectivitySwitch Management Page Introduction Configuration Recommended SolutionAuto Negotiation Port Aggregation Network problemsShut down the affected ports to avoid loops Set up the port-channelVerify the operation of the port-channels Bring up the affected portsVLANs and Trunks Vlan Trunk between SB9 and Cisco SwitchConfigure Vlan trunk Configure the port-channelsDefine the VLANs Gvrp Verify the Vlan trunkRunning ST P 802.1D with PVST+ on Vlan Trunks Spanning Tree ProtocolRunning PVST+ on Vlan Trunks while disabling STP at the SB9 SB9Rapid Spanning Tree Combining RAPID-PVST and 802.1wCombining RAPID-PVST and 802.1w after failure of Po1 Network loops SB9 SwitchConfiguration with Vlan Trunks Configure the switchesPage Page STP Verify the configurationPage Configuration without Vlan Trunks Configuration example Rstp without Vlan trunksPage Mode Type State Role Enabled Forwarding Designated Disabled Enabled Disabled PC Mbr Manual forwarding Interface BX600 port mapping Access Port and NIC ConfigurationConfigure the access ports of the switches Typical access port configurationConfigure the Broadcom NIC Page Configure the Intel Adapter Page Select Switch Fault Tolerance and press Next Press Finish Link State Configure a Link State GroupEnable Igmp snooping at all Layer 2 switches Recommended solutionConfiguration Enable multicast routing and Igmp at the layer 3 switchVlan Page Configure the SB9 for logging and syslog Configuration of syslog and SntpConfigure the SB9 for unicast Sntp Configure the SB9 for broadcast SntpTest the configuration Snmp Configuration of SnmpConfigure Snmp for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Configure SNMPv3 authenticationTest the login Remote Console AccessConfiguration of SSH Configure the SB9Integration into Radius and TACACS+ Configuration of RadiusPrepare the ACS Page Specify the user’s password and press Submit Test the login Configuration of Tacacs Page Configure the SB9 Check the configuration Configuration of CDPCisco Discovery Protocol Port Monitoring Configuration of Port MonitoringFurther information in the Internet
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