HP P4000 G2 10 GbE SFP+ Installation Instructions (B7E22-96001, December 2013)

TIP: HP recommends bonding network
interfaces for performance and failover. The
best bond to use depends on your network and
SAN configuration.
Bonding 10 GbE interfaces
After installing the 10 GbE upgrade, you have a
choice of supported bond configurations, as noted in
Table 2 (page 2).
Table 2 Supported bonding configurations
ALB802.3adActive-Passive
Number of
ports x NIC
type
YesYesYes2 x 1 GbE
YesYesYes2 x 10 GbE
NoNoYes1 x 1 GbE + 1
x 10 GbE in
single bond
YesYesYesTwo bonds of
same type
YesYesYesTwo bonds of
different type
Supported bonds with 10 GbE
The P4000 G2 with the 10 GbE feature installed and
configured supports the following bond types:
• Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) bond with the two
10 GbE Ethernet NICs
• Active-Passive bond with two 10 GbE Ethernet
NICs
• Active-Passive bond with 1 GbE NIC and 10 GbE
NIC
• Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode (802.3ad) bond
with two 10 GbE Ethernet NICs
Unsupported bonds with 10 GbE
The P4000 G2 with the 10 GbE feature installed and
configured does not support the following bond types:
• Bonding two bonds
• ALB bond with 1 GbE NIC and 10 GbE NIC
• Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode bond with 1
GbE NIC and 10 GbE NIC
Plan for the migration (P4000 G2 already
in a management group)
Check the following items before starting the migration:
• Have compatible VIP addresses for the 10 GbE
switches that are running the 10 GbE ALB bond.
The LeftHand OS software requires each cluster
to have a valid VIP address. A valid VIP address
is one that is on the same subnet as the storage
systems. This VIP address must be valid after
updating the storage systems to the 10 GbE ALB
bond.
• Ensure that all network settings (Speed/Duplex,
Flow Control, Frame Size (MTU)) for each NIC
are consistent across the switch, the storage
system and the client. The network settings must
be configured the same on each interface before
creating a bond.
Table 3 (page 2) shows a summary of the network
interfaces and bonds listed on the selected storage
system’s Network category TCP/IP tab window before
installing and configuring the 10 GbE adapter. Table 4
(page 2) shows a summary list of those interfaces
and bonds after installing and configuring the 10 GbE
adapter.
NOTE: The LeftHand OS communication
interface in both configurations is Bond0.
Table 3 Storage system network configuration
pre-migration
ModeSpeedNIC
Slave (bond0)1 GbEMotherboard:Port1
Slave (bond0)1 GbEMotherboard:Port2
Logical Failover
Device (ALB)
1 GbEBond Type
Table 4 Storage system network configuration
post-migration
ModeSpeedNIC
Disabled (Optional)1 GbEMotherboard:Port1
Disabled (Optional)1 GbEMotherboard:Port2
Active (bond0)10 GbEeth2
Active (bond0)10 GbEeth3
ALB—Bond type
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