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HP 24-Port 4x Fabric Copper Switch
Chassis Manager User Guide
March 2005 (Second Edition)
Part Number 377707-002
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i Contents Preface.......................................................... vii Intended Audience .................................................................................................................................... vii Typographical Conventions...................................................................................................................... vii Contact Information.................................................................................................
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ii View Device Status....................................................................................................................................15 3: Chassis Icon Tasks.................................. 17 View Cards on a Chassis ...........................................................................................................................17 View Card Properties...................................................................................................................
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iii Assign a SYSLOG Server............................................................................................................. 39 Assign an Authentication Method ................................................................................................ 39 Configure HTTP and HTTPS ....................................................................................................... 39 View RADIUS Servers..............................................................................
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iv Delete Bridge Forwarding ............................................................................................................ 65 View Redundancy Groups .........................................................................................................................65 View Trunk Groups ...................................................................................................................................66 Add a Trunk Group............................................
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v Preface This document is a guide to the Chassis Manager Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that runs on your Server Switch. This document explains how to use Chassis Manager (CM) and provides the steps that you need to perform to configure your Server Switch with the GUI. Intended Audience The intended audience is the administrator responsible for installing, configuring, and managing your equipment. This administrator should have experience administering similar networking or storage
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vi Contact Information Table 2-1: Customer Contact Information For the name of your nearest authorized In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518. HP reseller: In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868. Outside the United States and Canada, refer to www.hp.com. For HP technical support In the United States and Canada, call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored. Outside the United S
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1 1 About Chassis Manager The following sections appear in this chapter: • “Introduction” on page 1 • “Anatomy of Chassis Manager” on page 1 • “Browser Requirements” on page 6 • “Platform Requirements” on page 6 Introduction The Chassis Manager (CM) runs directly on your switch to help you quickly and easily perform various administration tasks. This chapter discusses the various components of the interface. CM runs on all switches. Anatomy of Chassis Manager CM runs in a standard Web browser
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2 Figure 1-1: System Frame • Click the IP address in the IP Address field of the System frame to open a telnet window that launches a CLI session to the switch. • Click the email address in the Support Contact field to send an email message to technical support. •Click Help to open online help. The System frame displays and updates the status of the cards, power supplies, and fans in your device. Each number in the Cards, Power Supplies, and Fans fields identifies a field-replaceable unit (F
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3 Table 1-2 lists and describes the icons in the Tree frame. Table 1-2: Tree Frame Icons Icon Description The Chassis icon lets you view and configure hardware in your switch. Access Chassis () this icon to view the status of all field replaceable units (FRUs) on your device. The Maintenance icon contains branches that let you perform basic Maintenance () administrative tasks on your switch. Access this icon to configure NTP servers, assign a boot-config file, view the contents of the file sy
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4 Table 1-4 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Maintenance icon. Table 1-4: Maintenance Icon Branches Branch Description System Information Click this branch to view and configure the information that appears in the System frame. Time Click this branch to configure the time and date on your switch and to assign NTP servers to your device. File Management Click this branch to view, import, export, and install files in the file system on your device. Boot Configuration Clic
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5 Table 1-5: InfiniBand Icon Branches (Continued) Branch Description Device Management Expand the Device Management icon to display the following branches: (select hardware platforms • IOU—click this branch to view the I/O unit on your switch. only) • IOCs—click this branch to view the controller(s) on your device. • IOC Services—click this branch to view the IB features on your device. Table 1-6 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Ethernet icon. Table 1-6: Ethernet Icon Br
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6 Figure 1-3 displays the table that appears in the View frame when you expand the Chassis icon and click the Ports branch. Figure 1-3: View Frame Browser Requirements CM supports the following browsers: • Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6 • Netscape Navigator version 6 • Mozilla version 1.4 Platform Requirements CM runs on the following platforms: • Windows®
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7 •Solaris •Linux
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9 2 Getting Started The following sections appear in this chapter: • “Preparing Your Device” on page 9 • “Launching Chassis Manager” on page 11 • “Navigating Chassis Manager” on page 14 • “Understanding Access Privileges” on page 15 • “Viewing Device Status” on page 15 Preparing Your Device To launch CM on your Server Switch, you must: • Configure an IP address on the Ethernet management port. • Configure an IP gateway on the Ethernet management port. • Enable HTTP and/or HTTPS services. NOTE: C
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10 NOTE: Consult your network administrator for an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address before you begin this process. 1. Use the Serial Console port to open a CLI session to your device, then log in as a user with administrative access. 2. Enter the enable command to enter Privileged Exec mode. Example Topspin-360> enable Topspin-360# 3. Enter the configure terminal command to enter Global Configuration mode. Example Topspin-360# configure terminal Topspin-360(config)# 4. Enter the in
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11 b. (Optional) Enter the ip http secure-server command to enable HTTPS services on your device to permit SSL-secured access to your Server Switch. Example Topspin-360(config)# ip http secure-server Launching Chassis Manager CM without SSL requires no additional setup. CM with SSL requires additional steps based on yourWeb browser. Launching Chassis Manager without SSL To launch CM: 1. Launch your Web browser. 2. Type the IP address of your Server Switch in the address field of your browser a
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12 Netscape/Mozilla To launch a secure CM connection: 1. Launch your Web browser. 2. Type https:// and the IP address of your Server Switch in the address field of your browser and press Enter. (You configured the IP address in step 5 of “Preparing Your Device” on page 9) A login window opens. 3. Click Yes or OK to close any browser messages. Mozilla dynamically manages your certificate. 4. Enter your Server Switch user name and password in the login window and click the OK button. CM loads i
