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Chapter 13 Network Configuration Problems
Many reported problems on a booted switch will ultimately be traced back to user errors in the
layer 2 or layer 3 switch configuration. In some cases, symptoms from an improperly configured
switch can masquerade as potential hardware problems.
Interface Overview
On startup OpenArchitect creates interfaces for all Ethernet ports on the Ethernet Switch Blade.
The three types of interfaces within the OpenArchitect environment are:
•
zhp - Host Port: A zhp interface is associated with one VLAN (Virtual Local Area
Network). zhps can contain one or more physical interfaces (zres) to create a private
network that does not let traffic cross interfaces outside of the VLAN.
•
zre - Raw Ethernet: An interface that represents a physical port on the OpenArchitect
switch.
•
zrl – Trunk of Ports (Link Aggregation)
•
eth - Each switch, fabric and base, in a Ethernet Switch Blade Series unit has Out-of-
Band (OOB) Ethernet port on the front panel. These are an alternative maintenance port
supplying Ethernet connectivity instead of serial connectivity and are connected only
when performing switch maintenance activities.
Physical Interfaces
The tables below provides a translation guide for mapping the
zre
ports to the termination point.
Table 13.1 details the
zre
interface to the slot in the backplane that it terminates. Table 13.2 lists
all other Ethernet Switch Blade interfaces including management, and egress ports.
Table 13.1: Ethernet Switch Blade Backplane Interfaces (zre Ports)
Physical
Slot
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Base
20
10
8
6
4
3
23*
0
1
3
5
7
9
11
21
Fabric
Port 0
40
36
32
28
16
8
-
-
0
4
12
24
30
34
38
42
Fabric
Port 1
41
37
33
29
17
9
-
-
1
5
13
25
31
35
49
43
Fabric
Port 2
18
10
-
-
2
6
14
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