HP Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP c-Class BladeSystem 410916-B21#0D1 Folheto
Códigos do produto
410916-B21#0D1
Major Benefits for Business and IT
End-to-End Solution
Cisco blade switch modules interoperate seamlessly with existing
Cisco Catalyst switches, avoiding the interoperability problems and
business disruption that can result from different implementations
of features such as Spanning Tree Protocol and EtherChannel. The
Cisco blade switch module can be managed as an integrated
component of the HP BladeSystem, easing management
requirements. An end-to-end Cisco networking solution also provides
networking capabilities not otherwise available, such as Quality
of Service, security, network management and multicast support,
helping to ensure maximum server uptime.
High Availability and Resiliency
Connecting the HP BladeSystem to the network with a Cisco
blade switch module helps increase application availability in the
following ways:
Dramatically reduces the number of connections. An HP
BladeSystem with redundant modules and redundant
connections needs only four cables, compared to 32 for
connection to an external switch. Cables consume 25% of
system administration time and are the prime cause
of downtime.
Improves Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) because Cisco
blade switches attach directly to the backplane instead of with
Ethernet cables, which can become disconnected.
Takes advantage of the redundant, heavy-duty power supplies
and cooling efficiencies in the HP BladeSystem enclosure.
Optimizes application performance with wirespeed
performance on all ports.
Enables failover to a redundant Cisco blade switch module in
the same enclosure.
Improves network reliability through enhancements to the
Spanning Tree Protocol including: PortFast, UplinkFast,
BackboneFast, rootguard and Bridge Protocol Data Unit
(BPDU) Guard/Filter, per-VLAN Spanning Tree+ (PVST+) and
Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD).
Integrated Management
IT can manage HP servers and Cisco network devices in an
integrated fashion, using HP System Insight Manager (SIM), HP
OpenView and CiscoWorks software. Using a single console to
monitor the status of servers as well as switches saves time for IT.
The ability to proactively monitor and manage servers and switches
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end-to-end saves even more time and can increase availability.
Reports on utilization trends and customer service levels help IT
plan capacity to sustain service levels, and automated maintenance
activities such as updating the Cisco IOS™ Software can free up
staff to manage other infrastructure.
HP’s SIM software helps simplify provisioning, monitoring and
control of the HP BladeSystem infrastructure. By streamlining
fundamental IT processes, HP SIM helps ensure that scarce
IT talent can focus on a proactive response to business needs
instead of a reactive response to system issues or time-consuming
manual processes.
Familiar Network Management Tools
IT manages Cisco blade switch modules with the same skills
and familiar tools used to manage other Cisco network devices,
simplifying diagnostics and avoiding training time and costs.
Supported management tools include CiscoWorks, the Cisco
IOS™ Software command-line interface (CLI), Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Bases
(MIBs), Telnet interface support, and diagnostic tools like Switched
Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN). For enhanced
traffic management, monitoring and analysis, the Embedded
Remote Monitoring (RMON) software agent in Cisco blade switch
modules supports four RMON groups: history, statistics, alarms and
events. Cisco Device Manager Software provides an easy-to-use,
Web-based management interface that even IT personnel without
extensive training can use to quickly set up switches.