Management Network

The 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch is a Switch Module within the Blade Enclosure. The Blade Enclosure includes an Enclosure Manager Card which manages the modules and CPU Blades in the enclosure.

The 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch communicates with the Enclosure Manager Card through its internal management port (port 19). The factory default settings permit management and control access to the switch through the 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port on the Blade Enclosure, or the built-in console port.

The switch management network has the following characteristics:

•Port 19 — Management port 19 has the following configuration:

•Flow control: both

•Auto-negotiation

•Untagged

•Port VLAN ID (PVID): 4095

•VLAN 4095 — Management VLAN 4095 isolates management traffic within the switch. VLAN 4095 contains only one member port (port 19). No other ports can be members of VLAN 4095.

•Interface 256 — Management interface 256 is associated with VLAN 4095. No other interfaces can be associated with VLAN 4095. The IP address of the management interface is assigned through Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP).

•Gateway 4 — This gateway is the default gateway for the management interface.

Connecting to the switch

You can access the command line interface in one of the following ways:

•Using a console connection via the console port

•Using a Telnet connection over the network

•Using a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to securely log in over a network

•Using a HTTP connection over the network

Establishing a console connection

To establish a console connection with the switch, you need:

•A null modem cable with a female DB-9 connector (See the User’s Guide for more information.)

•An ASCII terminal or a computer running terminal emulation software set to the parameters shown in the table below

Table 2 Console configuration parameters

Parameter

Value

Baud Rate

9600

Data Bits

8

Parity

None

Stop Bits

1

Flow Control

None

To establish a console connection with the switch:

1.Connect the terminal to the console port using the null modem cable.

2.Power on the terminal.

3.Press the Enter key a few times on the terminal to establish the connection.

4.You will be required to enter a password for access to the switch. (For more information, see the “Accessing the switch” section later in this chapter.)

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