Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Proliant Blade c-class c7000 fundamentals for Storage Engineers Instructor: Terri S Harris Date: March 2009 HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

BladeSystem enclosures Overview Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support - Focus is the C7000 enclosure - There is also a smaller c3000 - Best web page for c-class docs: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/316682-0-0-0-121.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

c7000 BladeSystem enclosure Bay numbering Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Supports Half-height server blades Full-height server blades Bay numbering depends on device size Full-height numbering Half-height numbering Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

c7000 BladeSystem enclosure Front components Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Up to 8 full-height server blades Up to 16 half-height server blades Can mix full-height with half-height Half-height server blades storage blades Full-height Hot-pluggable power supply (6) Front LCD panel The mix of components can be any half-height and full-height blades totaling an equivalent of 8 full-height blades. The one exception is that a max of 15 storage blades is allowed. Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

c7000 BladeSystem enclosure Rear components Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Redundant Onboard Administrator modules Interconnect bays (8) for switches and pass-through modules 8 interconnect bays for switches and pass-throughs Redundant Onboard Administrator modules Fan Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Interconnect bays in back of c7000 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Fabric switch or pass through Rear view of enclosure LAN switch or pass through Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Interconnect bay numbering Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Rear view Interconnect bay Server blade connection 1 NIC 1 and NIC 3 (embedded) 2 NIC 2 and NIC 4 (embedded) 3 and 4 Mezzanine 1 5 and 6 Mezzanine 2 7 and 8 Mezzanine 3 (full-height server blade only) For information on the locations of LEDs and ports on individual interconnect modules, refer to the documentation that ships with the module. If a four-port option card is installed in mezzanine slot 2, ports 1 and 2 are connected to interconnect bays 5 and 6, respectively, and ports 3 and 4 are connected to interconnect bays 7 and 8, respectively. If a four-port option card is installed in mezzanine slot 3, in a full-height server blade, ports 1 and 2 are connected to interconnect bays 7 and 8, respectively, and ports 3 and 4 are connected to interconnect bays 5 and 6, respectively. Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem BL460c Internal View Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Embedded Smart Array E200i Controller integrated on drive backplane Two Mezzanine Slots One x4 One x8 Two hot-plug SAS/SATA drives 8 DIMM Slots Fully-Buffered DIMMs DDR2 667MHz Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support c7000 Half-height servers to interconnect bays c-Class Server Blades c-Class Interconnect Bays Blade 1 NIC1 1 2 1/2 NIC2 Mezz 1 1 3/4 2 3 4 1 5/6 Mezz 2 2 3 7/8 4 5 6 Blade 9 NIC1 1/2 NIC2 1 3/4 Mezz 1 2 7 8 1 5/6 Mezz 2 2 3 7/8 4 Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support c7000 Full-height servers to interconnect bays c-Class Server Blades c-Class Interconnect Bays Blade 1 NIC3 1 2 1/2 NIC4 1 3/4 Mezz 1 2 3 4 3 4 1 5/6 Mezz 2 2 3 7/8 4 5 6 Blade 9 NIC1 1/2 NIC2 3/4 7 8 1 7/8 Mezz 3 2 3 5/6 4 Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem c7000 Interconnect bays Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 7 Bay 6 Bay 8 Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

OA Port Mapping Questions Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support 1. 16 blade servers are all logging into the SAN switch, but only on port #1 of the Qlogic card. 2. Only blade server #1 is logging into the SAN switch 3. One blade is not logging into the SAN switch. What things have to be true for the blade to log into the SAN switch? 4. Customer has half-height blades with Qlogic in mezz slot 2. He buys 1 FC module & installs it in interconnect bay # 3. What will be the result? Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Blade Servers (1 of 2) Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Half-height blade servers: BL460c & BL465c Two mezzanine card slots Dual-port FC HBAs only 4GB Qlogic QLA2462 & 4GB Emulex LPe1105 only Full-height blade server: BL480c, BL680c, BL685c Three mezzanine card slots Same Qlogic & Emulex We never released a 4-port FC HBA for c-class Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Blade Servers (2 of 2) Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Integrity Blade Servers: BL860c & BL870c Supported by Integrity Server team Runs HP-UX or Integrity-based Windows Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

FC Interconnect Module options Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support FC Interconnect Module options 4GB FC Pass-Thru (16 ports) 4GB Brocade 4/12 or 4/24 4GB Cisco MDS 9124e (12 or 24) 4GB Virtual Connect-FC (VC-FC) (4 ports) New 8 GB Brocade Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Virtual Connect-FC (VC-FC) Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Virtual Connect-FC (VC-FC) Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Understanding the OA Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Accessing the OS of the blade Virtual Buttons EBIPA IP Addressing: iLO & Interconnect Bays Port Mapping in OA GUI Collecting OA inventory report OA firmware revision iLO firmware Using Virtual Media Accessing a USB device See “Onboard Administrator Guide 2.32 User Guide” for more detail Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Questions on blade servers Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support How do I see the OS running on a blade? How do I update software on a blade? How do I control the power of a blade? What is EBIPA and why do I care? What devices need a EBIPA IP address? How do I assign IP addresses with EBIPA? Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Questions on Interconnect modules Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support How do I access a Interconnect module? How do I control the power of a Interconnect module? What is EBIPA and why do I care? What devices need a EBIPA IP address? How do I assign IP addresses with EBIPA? How do I update firmware on a interconnect switch? Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Accessing the OA cli Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Why would I need to access the OA cli? How do I get into the command line of the OA? How do I get help in the OA cli? How do I access a certain SAN switch? How do I access the VC-FC module? “Onboard Administrator command line reference” Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Getting configuration, verifying fw revs Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support “How to read a Proliant Blade server c-class Onboard Administrator enclosure inventory report for Storage/SAN/VC-FC Support” mmr_na-193482-3 http://teams1.sharepoint.hp.com/teams/GCCSAN/Lists/Ask%20SAN%20BL/Subject.aspx = Supporting c-class Virtual Connect & the VC-FC modules: Getting OA report. Revisions needed. VC at 1.34 or 2.01 (both 1.34 & 2.01 include VC-FC 1.30) OA at least 2.32 iLo at least 1.70 System BIOS Nov 2008 or higher Qlogic & Emulex driver, firmware & BIOS per SPOCK http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-compmatrix.html#1 = BladeSystem Firmware Compatibility Matrix Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Virtual Connect for c-class blades Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Available only with c-class c3000 or c7000 Allows virtual MAC (Ethernet) addresses to be assigned to NICs Allows virtual WWNs to be assigned to Qlogic or Emulex FC HBAs in c-class Proliant blade servers Zone once by pWWNs & never have to change zoning when FC HBA is replaced. The advantage of NPIV Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

What makes a Virtual Connect solution? Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support Need 1 VC-Enet installed For SAN need 1 VC-FC installed For every blade connecting to SAN, need FC HBA VC-FC module must connect to NPIV-capable SAN switch Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted

Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem Web sites Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem HP Service and Support c-class & VC doc page http://zcceaawspro03.zcce.compaq.com/enterprise/cache/316682-0-0-58-101.html Best one-page I’ve found for c-class & Virtual Connect SPOCK Virtual Connect http://spock.corp.hp.com/SPOCKClassic/pages/virtual_connect.aspx FCHBA revs. SAN Switches & fw BladeSystem Technical Readiness Team http://teams1.sharepoint.hp.com/teams/bladeinfo/VC_FC/VC_FC_Cookbooks.aspx Includes the VC FC Cookbook, VC 101 & 201 Lab Guides Internal site for VC-FC support http://teams1.sharepoint.hp.com/teams/GCCSAN/Lists/Ask%20SAN%20BL/Subject.aspx Getting OA report. FW revisions for OA, iLO, System BIOS and Virtual Connect. Current! http://teams1.sharepoint.hp.com/teams/USA_SC%20Storage/Blade%20San%20Information/Forms/AllItems.aspx Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted Rev. 7.11 – HP Restricted