NAD 3020 manual Contents

Design Guide

Contents
Introduction	3
HP c-Class BladeSystem Enclosure Overview	3
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP	5
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 Features	6
Spanning Tree	6
Traffic Monitoring	8
Link Aggregation Protocols	9
Data Center Network Architecture	10
Data Center Network Components	10
Aggregation Layer	11
Access Layer	11
High Availability	12
Design Goals	12
High Availability	12
High Availability for the BladeSystem Switching Infrastructure	13
High Availability for the Blade Servers	13
Scalability	14
Physical Port Count	14
Slot Count	15
Management	16
Out-of-Band Management	16
In-Band Management	17
Serial Console Port	17
Management Options	18
HP c-Class BladeSystem iLO Connectivity	18
Design and Implementation Details	18
Network Management Recommendations	18
Network Topologies Using the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020	19
Recommended Topology	19
Alternative Topology	22
Configuration Details	23
VLAN Configuration	24
RPVST+ Configuration	24
Inter-Switch Link Configuration	24
Server-Port Configuration	26
Server Default Gateway Configuration	27
RSPAN Configuration	28

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