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L2 and L3 Deployment Best Practices

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Oracle Switch ES1-24

Sun Network 10GbE Switch 72p

Sun Blade 6000 Ethernet Switched NEM 24p 10GbE

Understanding L2 and L3 Implementations

L2 and L3 Configuration Task Overview

L2 and L3 Topology

L2 and L3 VLAN Best Practices

Adding VLANs

Add an Untagged VLAN

Add a Tagged VLAN

L2 Based Configuration Example Using PVRST Protocol

L2 PVRST Example Overview

L2 PVRST Configuration Task Overview

Configuring a Basic L2 PVRST Based Topology

Configure Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST

Configure Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST

Verify the L2 PVRST Configuration

Configuring an L2 PVRST Based Topology With Active/Standby Bond on the Servers

Prepare Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Prepare Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST Active/Standby on the Servers

Verify the L2 PVRST Active/Standby Configuration on the Servers

Configuring an L2 PVRST and LLA Based Topology With Active/Active Bond on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Configure Switch ToR72p-1 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Configure Switch ToR72p-2 for L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active on the Servers

Verify the L2 PVRST LLA Active/Active Configuration on the Servers

L3 RIP and OSPF Configuration Overview

L3 Implementations Overview

L3 RIP and OSPF Configuration Task Overview

Configuring L3 Routing Based Topology Using RIP

Configure Switch TOR72p-1 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Configure Switch TOR72p-2 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L3 Routing Using RIP

Verify the L3 RIP Configuration

Configuring L3 Routing Based Topology Using OSPF

Configure Switch TOR72p-1 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Configure Switch TOR72p-2 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Configure Switch ES1-24p-1 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Configure Switch ES1-24p-2 for L3 Routing Using OSPF

Verify the L3 OSPF Configuration

Glossary

Index

Verify the L3 RIP Configuration


Note - All pings should be successful. Each switch has learned all routes to different networks in the topology through RIP.


  1. Verify the configuration on Host-1.
    [Host-1 ~]# ifconfig
    eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:22:0F:D9  
              inet addr:192.168.20.20  Bcast:192.168.20.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe22:fd9/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:9530 (9.3 KiB)  TX bytes:41674 (40.6 KiB)
     
    eth1.150  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:22:0F:D9  
              inet addr:192.168.150.20  Bcast:192.168.150.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe22:fd9/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:63 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:8046 (7.8 KiB)
     
    eth1.151  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:22:0F:D9  
              inet addr:192.168.151.20  Bcast:192.168.151.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe22:fd9/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:6760 (6.6 KiB)
  2. Verify the configuration on Host-2.
    Host-2# ifconfig nxge1
    nxge1: flags=1001000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,FIXEDMTU>
    mtu 9000 index 4
            inet 192.168.30.20 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.30.255
            ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
  3. Verify the configuration on Host-3.
    [Host-3 ~]# ifconfig
    eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F  
              inet addr:192.168.50.20  Bcast:192.168.50.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe04:d19f/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:240930477 errors:0 dropped:515783109 overruns:0frame:0
              TX packets:13447642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
              RX bytes:727267562 (693.5 MiB)  TX bytes:564925930 (538.7 MiB)
     
    eth1.100  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F  
              inet addr:192.168.100.20  Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe04:d19f/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:13336 (13.0 KiB)
     
    eth1.101  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F  
              inet addr:192.168.101.20  Bcast:192.168.101.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
              inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe04:d19f/64 Scope:Link
              UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
              RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
              TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
              collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
              RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:5966 (5.8 KiB)
  4. Ping from Host-3 to untagged and tagged interfaces on Host-1 of the core switch.
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.20.20
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.150.20
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.151.20
  5. Ping from Host-1 to untagged and tagged interfaces on Host-3 of ES1-24p-1.
    [Host-1 ~]# ping 192.168.50.20
    [Host-1 ~]# ping 192.168.100.20
    [Host-1 ~]# ping 192.168.101.20
  6. Ping from Host-1 to an untagged interface on Host-2 of ToR72p-1.
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.30.20
  7. Ping from Host-2 to an untagged interface on Host-1 of the core switch.
    Host-2# ping -s 192.168.20.20
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