This section explains how to register LAN switches.
The following features are available for LAN switches.
LAN switch blades within a blade chassis (PRIMERGY BX series)
Function | LAN Switch Blades (*1) | |
|---|---|---|
Switch Mode | IBP Mode | |
Automatic VLAN settings (port VLAN or tagged VLAN) | Yes | No |
Visualization of network links between server blades and LAN switch blades (within a chassis) | Yes | Yes |
*1: For PRIMERGY BX600 LAN switches please refer to the "switch mode" column.
External LAN switches (LAN switches located outside of a blade chassis)
Visualization of network links between LAN switches
Visualization of network links between LAN switches and LAN switch blades
Visualization of network links between LAN switches is available even if no LAN switch blade was registered. However, no physical links will be displayed unless two or more LAN switches were registered.
To register a LAN switch blade, its enclosing chassis must be registered first.
Use the following procedure to register a LAN switch blade.
In the RC console resource tree, right-click an unregistered LAN switch blade from the target chassis, and select [Register]-[LAN Switch] from the popup menu.
The [Register LAN Switch] dialog is displayed.
In the [Register LAN Switch] dialog, set the following items.
Enter the name to assign to this LAN switch blade.
Enter up to 15 characters, including alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), or hyphens ("-").
Enter the admin LAN IP address that was set on this LAN switch blade.
Use standard dot notation.
Enter the name of a telnet user account that can log in to this LAN switch blade.
Enter the password of the above telnet user account.
Enter the password of this LAN switch blade's telnet administrator account.
If the user name and the password of the administrator account were set in "User name" and "Password", simply re-enter the same password in this field. In this case, Resource Coordinator VE does not check whether the password entered here matches the password set on the LAN switch blade.
Enter the SNMP community that was set on this LAN switch blade.
Either select "public" or enter an arbitrary string.
Enter up to 32 characters, including alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Click <OK>.
The registered LAN switch blade will be displayed under the resource tree.
Note
A telnet connection is made when registering a LAN switch blade. Some models may restrict the number of simultaneous connections. In this case, log out from other telnet connections.
If telnet is unavailable, the following features are also unavailable.
Registration of LAN switch blades
Changing of LAN switch blade settings
Changing and setting the VLAN for LAN switch blades (internal and external ports)
Restoration of LAN switch blades
Server switchover (changing network settings while a server is switched over)
Use the following procedure to register LAN switches:
Discover LAN switches. For instructions, refer to [Discovery].
Register LAN switches displayed in the network resource tree. For instructions, refer to [Registration].
Discovery
From the RC console menu, select [Tools]-[Topology]-[LAN Switches].
The [Discover LAN Switches] dialog is displayed.
In the [Discover LAN Switches] dialog set the following items.
Enter the start IP address of the network where to discover LAN switches.
Use standard dot notation.
Enter the subnet mask of the network where to discover LAN switches.
Use standard dot notation.
Enter the number of addresses to scan for LAN switches.
Enter a number greater than 1.
The maximum number of addresses is determined by the number of hosts allowed by the subnet mask.
Example
If subnet mask is "255.255.255.0", the number addresses in the scanned range could be any value between 1 and 256.
Enter the SNMP community that was set on this LAN switch blade.
Either select "public" or enter an arbitrary string.
Enter up to 32 characters, including alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Click <OK>.
Resource Coordinator VE starts scanning for LAN switches within the specified network range.
Discovered LAN switches will be displayed under the resource tree with an "[unregistered]" status.
Registration
In the RC console resource tree, right-click a discovered LAN switch, and select [Register]-[LAN switch] from the popup menu.
The [Register LAN Switch] dialog is displayed.
In the [Register LAN Switch] dialog, set the following items.
Enter the name to assign to this LAN switch blade.
Enter up to 32 characters, including alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), hyphens ("-"), or periods (".").
By default, the name of a discovered LAN switch will be set to its system name or to its IP address if the system name could not be detected.
Enter the SNMP community that was set on this LAN switch blade.
Either select "public" or enter an arbitrary string.
Enter up to 32 characters, including alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Click <OK>.
The registered LAN switch will be displayed under the resource tree.
Note
It is possible to set an automatically detected IP address to another unregistered LAN switch. However, this will result in the Resource Coordinator VE configuration being inconsistent with the actual network configuration.
If a LAN switch was registered with the IP address of another network device, delete the registered LAN switch following the instructions given in "6.4.4.2 Deleting LAN Switches (Non-Blade Switches)", then perform "Discover" and "Register" again.
