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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

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Verify the L2 PVRST Configuration

  1. Check the configuration on host 3.
    [Host-3 ~]# ifconfig
    eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F           inet addr:192.168.99.20  Bcast:192.168.99.255
              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:240929812 errors:0 dropped:515783109 overruns:0
    frame:0          TX packets:13447023 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
              carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000           RX bytes:727198024 (693.5 MiB)  TX bytes:564849861 (538.6 MiB)
    eth1.200  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.20.20  Bcast:192.168.20.255
              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:37 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:6081 (5.9 KiB)
    eth1.201  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.21.20  Bcast:192.168.21.255
              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:33 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:5647 (5.5 KiB)
    eth1.202  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.22.20  Bcast:192.168.22.255
              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:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:11095 (10.8 KiB)
    eth1.203  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.23.20  Bcast:192.168.23.255
              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:8361 (8.1 KiB)
    eth1.300  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.30.20  Bcast:192.168.30.255
              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:59 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:10798 (10.5 KiB)
    eth1.301  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.31.20  Bcast:192.168.31.255
              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:62 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:15637 (15.2 KiB)
    eth1.302  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.32.20  Bcast:192.168.32.255
              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:13446348 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0
              carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:564754642 (538.5 MiB)
    eth1.303  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:E9:04:D1:9F            inet addr:192.168.33.20  Bcast:192.168.33.255
              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:129 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:15434 (15.0 KiB)
  2. Check the configuration on host 1.
    [Host-1 ~]# ifconfig
    eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.99.10  Bcast:192.168.99.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:734693703 errors:0 dropped:229967577 overruns:0
    frame:0          TX packets:408889245 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
              carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000           RX bytes:48601398195 (45.2 GiB)  TX bytes:17173379205
             (15.9 GiB)
    eth3.300  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.30.10  Bcast:192.168.30.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:5751 (5.6 KiB)  TX bytes:5377 (5.2 KiB)
    eth3.301  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.31.10  Bcast:192.168.31.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:4227 (4.1 KiB)  TX bytes:4496 (4.3 KiB)
    eth3.302  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.32.10  Bcast:192.168.32.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:718368994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:408888572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
              carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:33045029404 (30.7 GiB)  TX bytes:17173325476
              (15.9 GiB)
    eth3.303  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:E0:1F:BD:E3            inet addr:192.168.33.10  Bcast:192.168.33.255
              Mask:255.255.255.0          inet6 addr: fe80::210:e0ff:fe1f:bde3/64 Scope:Link          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:188 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:151 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:26525 (25.9 KiB)  TX bytes:12210 (11.9 KiB)
  3. Check the configuration on host 2.
    [Host-2 ~]# ifconfig
    nxge1: flags=1001000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,FIXEDMTU> mtu 9000 index 4        inet 192.168.99.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.99.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge200001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 6        inet 192.168.20.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge201001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 7        inet 192.168.21.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.21.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9 
    nxge202001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 8        inet 192.168.22.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.22.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9
    nxge203001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 9        inet 192.168.23.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.23.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9
    nxge300001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 10        inet 192.168.30.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.30.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9
    nxge301001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 11        inet 192.168.31.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.31.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9
    nxge302001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 12        inet 192.168.32.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.32.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9
    nxge303001: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 9194 index 13        inet 192.168.33.15 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.33.255        ether 0:14:4f:6c:43:9
  4. Ping from host 3 to a tagged interface on host 1 of the core switch.

    The pings should go through.

    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.30.10
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.32.10
  5. Ping from host 3 to an untagged interface on host 1 of the core switch.
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.99.10
  6. Ping from host 3 to a tagged interface on host 2 of the ToR72p-1 switch.

    The pings should go through.

    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.20.10
    [Host-3 ~]# ping 192.168.23.10
  7. Ping from host 1 to a tagged interface on host 2 of ToR72p-1 switch. The ping should go through.
    [Host-1 ~]# ping 192.168.33.20
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