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 ROR console server 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.
Perform the following settings: For a LAN switch blade PY CB 10Gb FEX Nexus B22, only the LAN switch name can be configured.
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 ("-").
Set the value for this item when defining Converged Fabric mode of a LAN switch blade PY CB Eth Switch 10/40Gb 18/8+2.
Select [oob] or [cfab]. The default setting is [oob].
Enter the admin LAN IP address that was set on this LAN switch blade.
Enter the IP address using periods ".".
When is LAN switch blade CB Eth Switch 10/40Gb 18/8+2 is in Converged Fabric mode, enter the admin IP address for the management port.
When management port is cfab
Enter the virtual domain representative IP address of the fabric.
When management port is oob
Enter the IP address of oob.
Enter the name of a telnet or SSH user account that can log in to this LAN switch blade.
For a LAN switch blade PY CB DCB SW 10Gb 18/6/6, enter the name of the administrator account for the LAN switch blade.
Enter the password of the above telnet or SSH user account.
Select either [Telnet] or [SSH]. The default setting is as follows:
LAN switch blade PY CB DCB SW 10Gb 18/6/6 or PY CB Eth Switch 10/40Gb 18/8+2
[SSH]
In other cases
[Telnet]
Enter the password of this LAN switch blade's telnet or SSH administrator account.
If the user ID and the password of the administrator account for the LAN switch blade were set in [User ID] and [Password], simply re-enter the same password in this field. In this case, Resource Orchestrator 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 a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
For LAN switch blades operating in Converged Fabric mode, select [public]. In this case, Resource Orchestrator does not communicate with LAN switch blades using SNMP, so it does not check whether the SNMP community entered here matches the SNMP community set on the LAN switch blade.
Click the [OK] button.
The registered LAN switch blade will be displayed in the server resource tree.
Information
For the following LAN switch blades, check the setting after the LAN switch blade has been registered.
For a PY CB DCB SW 10Gb 18/6/6
Check that the following settings are displayed correctly in the resource details of the LAN switch blade.
Operation mode (VCS mode and other modes)
VCS ID and RBridge ID
For a PY CB Eth Switch 10/40Gb 18/8+2 operating in Converged Fabric mode
Check that the following settings are displayed correctly in the resource details of the LAN switch blade.
Fabric ID, Domain ID, and Switch ID
If a displayed value is incorrect, log in to the LAN switch blade and check that the settings of operating mode and these IDs are correct. For the confirmation method, refer to the manual for the LAN switch.
If the settings are correct, delete the LAN switch blade and register it again.
Note
A telnet or SSH connection is made when registering a LAN switch blade.
When telnet or SSH (SSH version 2) connection is disabled, enable it.
Refer to the manual of the relevant product.
Some models may have restrictions regarding the number of simultaneous connections. In this case, log out from other connections.
If the connection 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 connection ports)
Restoration of LAN switch blades
Server switchover (changing network settings while a server is switched over)
SSH connection (SSH version 2) can be selected for the following LAN switch blades.
LAN switch blade PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 10Gb 18/8 (1.00 or later version)
LAN switch blade PY CB Eth Switch 10/40Gb 18/8+2 (1.00 or later version)
LAN switch blade PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/8+2 (4.16 or later version)
LAN switch blade PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/12 (3.12 or later version)
LAN switch blade PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 18/6 (3.12 or later version)
LAN switch blade PY CB DCB SW 10Gb 18/6/6 (2.1.1_fuj or later version)
Virtual domain representative IP addresses cannot be registered with LAN switch blade CB Eth Switch 10/40Gb 18/8+2.
