NAD 3020 manual Alternative Topology

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Alternative Topology

Design Guide

Step 2. Allow only those VLANs that are necessary on the port channel between the aggregate and the blade switches.

Use the switchport trunk allowed vlan vlanID command to configure the port-channel interfaces of the aggregate switch to allow only those VLANs indicated with the vlanID option.

Additional Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 Configuration

Step 1. Enable BPDU Guard on the internal server ports of the switch.

Use the spanning-tree bpduguard enable command to shut down a port that receives a BPDU when it should not be participating in the spanning tree.

Step 2. Allow only those VLANs that are necessary on the port channels between the aggregate and the blade switches.

Use the switchport trunk allowed vlan vlanID command to configure the port-channel interfaces of the switch to allow only those VLANs indicated with the vlanID option.

Alternative Topology

An alternative topology that does not rely on the Spanning Tree Protocol to account for redundant paths in the network (because there are none) is to have the two Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020s connect directly to two aggregate switches using a port channel supporting the server-farm VLANs. Four to 8 of the external uplinks of each Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 are channeled and connected to one of the two aggregate switches. (The internal connections between the two Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020s complete the loop and thus would require Spanning Tree Protocol.) Alternatively, if you enable the internal interconnects, you can user Layer 3 interconnects between the aggregation layer switches and still maintain a loop-free environment.

This design uses the links between the two Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020s as a redundant path for blade-server traffic. The use of a longer path cost value provides for a more granular calculation of the topology based on the available link bandwidth (refer to the “Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 Features” section). This feature is enabled with the spanning-tree pathcost method long CLI command. RPVST+ should be used in this network design for its fast convergence and predictable behavior.

The following convergence tests were conducted against this alternative topology:

●Uplink failure and recovery between switch-A and the primary root

●Uplink failure and recovery between switch B and the secondary root

●Failure and recovery of switch A and switch B

●Failure and recovery of the primary and secondary root switches

These tests yielded results similar to those of the recommended topology. Layer 2 convergence occurs in approximately 1 second. As stated previously, recovery at Layer 3 depends on the HSRP settings of the aggregate switches (refer to the “Recommended Topology” section). In our testbed, the failure of the active HSRP device typically increased the convergence time to 5 seconds.

© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.

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Contents BladeSystem into the Cisco Data Switch 3020 for the HP c-ClassIntegrating the Cisco Catalyst Blade Center Network ArchitectureContents HP c-ClassBladeSystem Enclosure Overview IntroductionDesign Guide Design Guide Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP Page 5 ofCisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 Features Spanning TreeDesign Guide Traffic Monitoring Link Aggregation Protocols Design Guide Figure 5. RSPAN ExampleData Center Network Architecture Data Center Network ComponentsAccess Layer Aggregation LayerHigh Availability High AvailabilityDesign Goals Design GuideHigh Availability for the Blade Servers Scalability Physical Port CountSlot Count Design GuideManagement Out-of-BandManagementSerial Console Port In-BandManagementDesign Guide Design and Implementation Details Network Management RecommendationsRecommended Topology Primary root switch failure and recovery Configuring the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020s Configuring the Aggregate SwitchesAdditional Aggregation-SwitchConfiguration Alternative Topology Configuring the Aggregate Switches Configuration DetailsConfiguring the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020s RPVST+ Configuration Port-ChannelConfigurationVLAN Configuration Inter-SwitchLink ConfigurationTrunking Configuration Server-PortConfiguration Server Default Gateway Configuration RSPAN Configuration Page 28 of
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