HP XC System Software 3.2.1 3.3.8Branch Console Switches

Figure 3-11 ProCurve 2848 Branch Administration Switch

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									Connections to Node Administration Ports
	hp procurve		1 2	3 4	5 6 7 8	9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16			17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32	33 34 35 36 37 38	39 40 41 42 43 44
	switch 2848		1				15	17	31	33
	J4904A
	RPS	LED	Lnk								T 45 M T 46 M T 47 M T 48 M
			Ac t
Po w er Fan		Mode
			FD x
	Test		Sp d
Fa ult	Re set		Cl ea r Spd m ode :	of f = 1 0 Mbps	fla sh = 10 0 Mbps	on = 10 0 0 Mbps	16	18	32	34	! Us e only one (T or M) for ea ch G igabit port
									10/100/1000 Base-TX RJ-45 Ports		Dual Personality Ports

The callouts in the figure enumerate the following:

1.Port 45 is used for the trunked link to the Root Administration Switch.

2.Port 46 is used for the trunked link to the Root Administration Switch.

Allocate the ports on this switch for maximum performance, as follows:

•Ports 1–10, 13–22, 25–34, and 37–44 are used for the administration ports for the individual nodes (up to 38 nodes).

•Ports 11, 12, 23, 24, 35, 36, 47, and 48 are unused.

The ProCurve 2824 switch is shown in Figure 3-12. In the figure, white ports should not have connections, black ports can have connections, and ports with numbered callouts are used for a specific purposes, described after the figure.

Figure 3-12 ProCurve 2824 Branch Administration Switch

	hp procurve			1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
	switch 2824
	J4903A
		Status	LED	Lnk		21	22	23		24
Power		RPS	Mode	Act
		Fan		FDx		T	T	T		T
		Test		Spd		M	M	M		M
Fault	Cons ole	Reset Clear			T	T M	M	T	T M	M

10/100/1000 Base-TX RJ-45 Ports Dual Personality Ports

The callout in the figure enumerates the following:

1.Port 22 is used for the link to the Root Administration Switch.

Allocate the ports on this switch for maximum performance, as follows:

•Ports 1–10 and 13–21 are used for the administration ports for the individual nodes (up to 19 nodes).

•Ports 11, 12, 23, and 24 are unused.

3.3.8Branch Console Switches

The Branch Console Switch of an HP XC system is a ProCurve 2650 or ProCurve 2610-48 switch.

The connections to the ports must parallel the connections of the corresponding Branch Administration Switch. If a particular node uses port N on a Branch Administration Switch, its management console port must be connected to port N on the corresponding Branch Console Switch.

Figure 3-13shows the ProCurve 2650 switch and Figure 3-13shows the ProCurve 2610-48 switch. In each figure, white ports should not have connections, black ports can have connections, and ports with numbered callouts are used for a specific purpose, described after the figures.

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