topic Re: C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs in BladeSystem - General

C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs

SGeorge — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:41:51 GMT

Hi,

I have a c7000 blade enclosure, with 4 network switches (Cisco 3020 series).
I don't know and didn't find on internet how can I setup the enclosure to connect some of my blade systems only at 2 switches (interconnect bays 1 and 2) and the other blades only at the last 2 switches (interconnect bays 3 and 4).

Thanks,
George

Re: C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs

Adrian Clint — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:02:38 GMT

All servers will be connected to switches 1 & 2. The only way you can stop some blades using these switches is by configuring the Cisco switchs. You have to do the same for switches 3 & 4..... or dont put the expansion NIC in the servers that dont need connection to switch 3 & 4.

Re: C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs

JKytsi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:42:37 GMT

Like Adrian said...

Here is a good place for You to start your blade story.

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-function.html

Re: C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs

SGeorge — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:03:58 GMT

I've hoped to find a solution to disable the connection between blades and switches from the enclosure backplane.

Many Thanks for your answers,
George

Re: C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs

JKytsi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:59:51 GMT

Signal midplane is a passive component so You can't change the signal routing. But You could disable unwanted NICs from server BIOS.

Re: C7000 Enclosure with 2 separate LANs

SGeorge — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:14:48 GMT

Thanks for your answers guys!