C7000, disable LOM-Nic's, remapping Mezzanine to BL460cG5 and Flex-10 10Gb

[Schwager]

So,

to make the setup more "supported" i think i should follow Dave suggestion:

Bay1: 1/10GBit VC-Eth Switch (renew, refund)
Bay2: empty

Bay3: 10GBit VC-Eth-Switch
Bay4: empty

Bay5: VC FC-Switch
Bay6: VC FC-Switch

a) there's a VC on Bay1, so i can connect all for VC-Switches together to the management.

b) i can plugin some NC532m (@M1 == Bay3) to my old 460cB5 and can use the 10GBit splitting them to 3 Nics (1GBbit/1GBit/8GBit)

c) i can plugin some NC532m (@M1 == Bay3) to my new 460cG6, so i can also use the 10GBit splitting

d) i have not to buy up to 8 SFP (RG45, copper) for connecting the c7000 to external eth-network (Hallo Dave ;-)

e) I can later (if money returns ;-) buy the redundant modules for Bay2+4 and configure the both vc-eth switches for HA/Failover.

Do you confirm a) to e) ? I think, you guys tell me the right way.

Yeh ... so, our nbd-daemon@solaris@b460G6 can supply the kvm@linux@460cG5 on 8GBit network - and you can try linux online on opensource-online.org faster than now (-:

One more question: Do i have to interconnect the both vc-eth modules (CX4-cable) together ? Like shown in http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13127_div/13127_div.html ? The VC-FC module must not be interconnected to anything, or ?

Another question: Could i move the the VC-FC-modules to Bay1+2 and the VC-10GBit-Eth module to Bay3 - so there's a a VC module (ok, it's FC not eth) in Bay 1. May this setup could make an additional 1/10 VC-Eth module not necessary ... this is yust for my understanding - refer to Q4 in http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/ethernet/10-10gb-f/questionsanswers.html


Danny

[The Brit]

OK Danny,

Based on the configuration you gave in the previous post:

A. Yes! run a 0.5m CX4 cable between IC bays 1 & 3. (This is a MUST, the CX4 cable provides the path from your M1 ports (mapped to Bay 3) and your external uplinks (from Bay 1 to External Network).

B & C. Both Correct.

D. SFP's not required if you run uplinks from Bay 1 (1/10Gb has 8x1Gb ports which can be combined into single or multiple Uplink Sets - (Sum of Uplinksets <= 8Gb)). If you want additional uplinks in future, from Flex10 (in Bay 3) you will need to purchase the 1Gb SFP Option.

E. Correct.

Q1. See answer A above.

Q2. VC FC Modules CANNOT be in bays 1 or 2. Bay 1 and 2 can only be populated with a VC Ethernet Module in order for VCM to run.

Dave.

[Schwager]

Hi Dave, hi Rick,

thanks very much for your help. Today, we ordered 1xVC-Eth10GBit and 2xVC-Eth-1GBit (redundant bay1+2, all renew) followed your suggestions.

I'm curious about configure the VC-Stuff - never did it before (-:

Thx
Danny