Cisco Systems Network Switch Cabling manual Racking and cabling guidelines, Up application nodes

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What about connecting application nodes?

Remaining switch ports can be used to connect application nodes and their remote management controllers into the Cassatt Active Response environment. In general, distribute the connections evenly between the switches and the application nodes (both the application node NICs and their associated remote management controller NICs) For more information, see the Info Central site for detailed information on setting

up application nodes.

Racking and cabling guidelines

To cable your control nodes to the network switches according to Figure 1, follow these steps. Remember that this sample configuration uses four network switches, so use these instructions as a guideline for your own configuration.

1.Rack all switches and control node hardware according to the vendor’s documentation and/or the site policy. For lack of any other policy, rack the heaviest of the following pieces of equipment on the bottom:

•Cisco switches

•Power distribution units (PDUs)

•Control nodes

•Application nodes

2.Follow the Cisco switch hardware installation instructions and use the StackWise cables to cable the four switches into two sets of switch stacks, as shown in Figure 2. Once the two 24-port switches have been stacked, they behave as a single logical 48-port switch.

Figure 2 Stacked Switch Cabling

Switch 2 Switch 1

Stack1 Stack2

Stack1 Stack2

Stack1 Stack2

Stack1 Stack2

Rear panels

Switch 4 Switch 3

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Contents Control Node and Network Switch Cabling Example Port numberingSwitch Panel and Control Node Cabling Shows how each port is used on the switch and control node Racking and cabling guidelines Up application nodesThen Configuring the switches Connecting the switch to a terminal serverRestoring the factory default settings Delete the Vlan database, as followsEnter the configuration mode, as follows Renumber the switch, as followsExit the configuration mode, as follows Setting switch optionsHalt and perform a cold restart, as follows Enter the configuration mode, as follows Turn off all interfaces on the first switch, as followsEnter the privileged mode, as follows Turn the messages off, as followsSet the switch stack’s enable password, as follows Set the host name of the switch stack, as followsTurn off the Vlan trunking protocol VTP, as follows Set the interface connection to the router, as follows Should be sent over itSetting the portfast option means Disable Igmp snooping, as follows Turn off the Http server, as followsSet the message of the day, as follows Message as required byExit the configuration mode, as follows Verify the switch configuration, as followsTurn all the interfaces back on, as follows Turn logging to the console back on, as followsPage XXX Displays the following output
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