Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Function Manual

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Contents

Preface .................................................................................................... v

Intended Audience ............................................................................................... vi

Release Notes ...................................................................................................... vi

Document Conventions ......................................................................................... vi

Getting Help........................................................................................................ viii

Comments .......................................................................................................... viii

Updating LAN driver ............................................................................... 1-1

Procedure on Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)/(64 bit) or Windows Server 2008 R2 .. 1-2

Procedure on Windows Server 2012 .................................................................... 1-5

LAN Advanced Functions ........................................................................ 2-1

Teaming and Tag VLAN Setting (for Windows Server 2008) .................................. 2-9

Teaming and Tag VLAN Setting (for Windows Server 2008 R2) ........................... 2-41

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Preface v

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Preface

This document describes how to use the Compute Blade 500 series.

This preface includes the following information:

 Intended Audience

 Release Notes

 Document Conventions

 Getting Help

 Comments

Notice: The use of Compute Blade 500 series and all other Hitachi Data

Systems products is governed by the terms of your agreement(s) with Hitachi

Data Systems.

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Intended Audience

This document is intended for the personnel who are involved in planning,

managing, and performing the tasks to prepare your site for Compute Blade

installation and to install the same.

This document assumes the following:

 The reader has a background in hardware installation of computer systems.

 The reader is familiar with the location where the Compute Blade will be

installed, including knowledge of physical characteristics, power systems and

specifications, and environmental specifications.

Release Notes

Release notes contain requirements and more recent product information that

may not be fully described in this manual. Be sure to review the release notes

before installation.

Document Conventions

This term “Compute Blade” refers to all the models of the Compute Blade, unless

otherwise noted.

The Hitachi Virtualization Manager (HVM) name has been changed to Hitachi

logical partitioning manager (LPAR manager, or LP). If you are using HVM based

logical partitioning feature, substitute references to Hitachi logical partitioning

manager (LPAR manager, or LP) with HVM.

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or nothing.

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must choose either a or b.

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Updating LAN driver

This chapter describes the procedure to update LAN driver, which is included in

the “Driver and Utility for Windows” DVD-ROM.

 Procedure on Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)/(64 bit) or Windows Server

2008 R2

 Procedure on Windows Server 2012

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Procedure on Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)/(64 bit) or

Windows Server 2008 R2

1. Double-click [Device Manager] in [Control Panel].

2. On the [Device Manager] screen, right-click the LAN device and select [Update Driver

Software...] from the menu.

3. When the following screen is displayed, click [Browse my computer for driver

software] button.

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4. When the following screen is displayed, insert the DVD "Driver and Utility for

Windows" into the DVD-ROM drive. Then, input the location of the LAN driver software

shown in the following tables in the combo box labeled "Search for driver software in

this location:" in "Update Driver Software" window and click [Next] button.

The location of the LAN driver software for each of Windows Server 2008 (32bit),

Windows Server 2008 (64bit), and Windows Server 2008 R2 is shown in the following

tables with the example when the DVD-ROM drive is drive (D:).

OS

Location of the LAN driver

Windows Server 2008 32-bit

D:\GC0x1\Win2008\Drivers\LAN\INTEL_01\x86 *

Windows Server 2008 64-bit

D:\GC0x1\Win2008\Drivers\LAN\INTEL_01\x64 *

Windows Server 2008 R2

D:\GC0x1\Win2008R2\Drivers\LAN\INTEL_01\x64 *

*: A part of the directory path "GC0x1" varies depending on server blade model

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5. When the following screen is displayed, click the [Close] button.

6. When updating another adapter’s LAN driver, repeat step 2 through 5.

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Procedure on Windows Server 2012

Install the LAN driver in the DVD-ROM "Driver Kit for Windows Server 2012" according to

the following procedure.

1. Log on the guest OS with an administrative account. At the time, the hardware

attached or assigned to the LPAR are detected by the guest OS.

2. Select [Tools]-[Computer Management] in Server Manager Window.

Computer Management window is displayed.

3. Select [Device Manager].

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4. Double-click the "Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection" adapter to

update in "Network adapters".

The property window is displayed.

5. Select [Driver] tab and then click [Update Driver] button.

Update Driver Software window is displayed.

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6. Select "Browse my computer for driver software".

7. Insert the DVD-ROM "Driver Kit for Windows Server 2012" and then input the location

of the LAN driver software shown in the following table in the combo box labeled

"Search for driver software in this location:" and click [Next] button.

The location of the LAN driver software for Windows Server 2012 is shown in the

following table with the example when the DVD-ROM drive is drive (D:).

OS

Location of the LAN driver

Windows Server 2012

D:\WinSrv2012\Drivers\NIC\IntelNIC_02\x64

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8. The necessary driver for the "Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection"

adapter is installed automatically. When the following message "The best driver

software for your device is already installed" is displayed, click [Close] button.

When the best driver software is already installed, the following window is

displayed. In this case, click [Close] button.

9. Click [Close] button in the property window.

10. Right-click the updated "Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection"

adapter and then select [Remove] button.

"Confirm Device Uninstall" is displayed.

Next, click [OK] button.

Don't check the check box "Delete the driver software for this device" in Confirm

Device Uninstall window.

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11. Repeat the above steps for the other network devices.

12. After doing the above steps for all network devices, select any of the network

devices and then select [Action]-[Scan for hardware changes].

All network devices are detected and the installed LAN driver software is applied to

the network devices.

13. Check the IP address setting for each of the network devices. When you set an IP

address for a network device, you can find out the check box "Obtain an IP address

automatically" is checked as a default. To specify an IP address, it's necessary that

you change the IP address setting. After changing the IP address setting, check if

the network cable is connected to the destination or not, and then reboot the guest

OS.

When you set up the LAN driver, the message showing that the LAN driver

cannot be used might be displayed. In this case, you can set up normally by

rebooting a guest OS. Then, check if the device works normally or not in

Computer Management window.

Restriction on changing parameters for network adapters. After you change the

parameters for network adapters, the network adapters might not communicate

normally. In this case, check the updated netwrok adapters in Computer

Management window. If "!" for a network adapter is displayed, right-click the

network adapter. Next, disable the network adapter and then enable the network

adapter again.

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LAN Advanced Functions

This chapter describes the supported functions and their setting methods.

 Teaming and Tag VLAN Setting (for Windows Server 2008)

 Teaming and Tag VLAN Setting (for Windows Server 2008 R2)

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The kinds of the LAN advanced functions and the ways to set the LAN advanced functions

are explained in this chapter.

It's necessary that you insall "Intel (R) PROSet" to use the LAN advanced

functions. On Windows Server 2012, use the NIC teaming function which is an

original function provided by Windows Server 2012.

The available functions (teaming, tag-VLAN) are shown below.

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)

Feature

Combines two LAN devices and, if a network connection error occurs, automatically

failover to a backup LAN device. The function ensures the network redundancy and

fault tolerance.

Condition

-Connected HUB: Switching HUB

-Two LAN devices must be connected to the same switching HUB. The spanning tree

protocol (STP) must be disabled for the switching HUB.

-Supported protocol: IP

Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)

Feature

Combines two LAN devices and distributes the traffic load on transmission data to

the devices. The function enhances the network bandwidth.

Condition

-Connected HUB: Switching HUB

-Two LAN devices must be connected to the same switching HUB. The spanning tree

protocol (STP) must be disabled for the switching HUB.

-Supported protocol: IP

Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT)

Feature

Combines two LAN devices with two switching HUBs (active and standby)

corresponding to STP (IEEE802.1d). The function ensures the redundancy of LAN

devices and switching HUBs and provides the highly reliable network.

Condition

-Connected HUB: Switching HUB compliant with IEEE802.1d STP

-Two LAN devices must be connected to different switching HUBs. The spanning tree

protocol (STP) of the switching HUB port must be enabled. But the STP must be

disabled for the Switching HUB port to be connected to the LAN device.

-Supported protocol: IP

TagVLAN IEEE802.1q VLAN

Feature

Identifies a VLAN group based on ID specified for the tag in the packet and provides

the logical segmentation.

Condition

-Connected HUB: Switching HUB compliant with IEEE802.1q VLAN

-Available groups: Up to ten groups (ID: 1-4094) per system

-Supported protocol: IP

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