topic Re: Hp c7000 network upgrade in BladeSystem - General

Hp c7000 network upgrade

agnostic087 — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:14:41 GMT

Hello,

I have a c7000 chassis with mixed bl460c gen6, gen8 and gen9 blades. We currently have two Cisco Catalyst 3020 switches in the chassis, I have been meaning to upgrade these to some hp 10gig drop in replacement to take advantage of blades 10gig flb nics but haven't found a proper solution.

Gen8 blades have: HP FlexFabric 10gb 2-port 554FLB nics

Gen9 blades have: HP FlexFabric 10gb 2-port 536FLB nics

I found part number 571956-B21 (HP BLC Virtual Connect 10Gb/24-port 8 x SFP+ Module 571956-B21) online and I am not sure it will be drop in replacement for those Cisco switches?

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out.

Blade system enclosure information:

Please help me out here.

Thank you

[Moderator edit: Removed the confidential info.]

Re: Hp c7000 network upgrade

agnostic087 — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:36:52 GMT

Interconnect bay info:

Re: Hp c7000 network upgrade

MV3 — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:51:27 GMT

From my understanding Cisco catalyst 3020 supports max of 1gbps (1000 Mbps).
HP BLC Virtual Connect 10Gb/24-port 8 x SFP+ Module 571956-B21 will be an ideal choice for you.
You will need a complete downtime and backup of the entire enclosure to make all the changes.

Cheers....

Re: Hp c7000 network upgrade

Croweb — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:12:09 GMT

You need to change both 3020 switches and upgrade your chassis with 2x Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120X for HP (P/N WS-CBS3120X-S, 451357-001) as is shown below, one of our c7000 chassis:

N.B. you can do it without any downtime. Just put 3120X in c7000 some free slot(s) and access the switches CLI , adjust ports, vlans etc.

Regards,

Re: Hp c7000 network upgrade

agnostic087 — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:13:08 GMT

Croweb,

I would like blades to have 10gig connection, that's why I needed to know if 571956-B21 (HP BLC Virtual Connect 10Gb/24-port 8 x SFP+ Module 571956-B21) will work if we replace it straight away since its going to get ip config from OA.

the blades have following nics:

Gen8 blades have: HP FlexFabric 10gb 2-port 554FLB nics
Gen9 blades have: HP FlexFabric 10gb 2-port 536FLB nics

Regards,