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HPE About theFlexFabric 5710, JL585A, JL586A, JL587A, JL588A, JL689A Reference guide

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About the HPE FlexFabric 5710
Configuration Guides
Software version: Release 671x and later
Document version: 6W100-20230822
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About the HPE FlexFabric 5710 configuration
guides
The HPE FlexFabric 5710 configuration guides describe the software features for the HPE
FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series, and guide you through the software configuration procedures. These
configuration guides also provide configuration examples to help you apply the software features to
different network scenarios.
Configuration guide
Content
Fundamentals Configuration Guide
Covers information about using the command line interface, logging in
to and setting up the device, and using the basic management
features.
This guide includes:
• CLI (command line interface overview and how to use the CLI).
• RBAC.
• Logging in to the device (login methods such as Telnet, and user
interface configuration and access control).
• FTP and TFTP.
• File system management.
• Configuration file management.
• Software upgrade.
• ISSU.
• GIR.
• Emergency shell.
• Automatic configuration.
• Preprovisioning.
• Device management.
• Tcl.
• Python.
Virtual Technologies Configuration
Guide
IRF creates a large virtual device from multiple devices. The IRF
member devices work in 1:N redundancy and appear as one unit in
the network. IRF improves management efficiency and streamlines
network topology. It is suitable for highly reliable enterprise networks
and data centers.
Configuration guide
Content
Layer 2—LAN Switching
Configuration Guide
Covers Layer 2 technologies and features used on a LAN switched
network, such as VLAN technology and port isolation. You can use
these features to divide broadcast domains, remove Layer 2 loops,
isolate users within a VLAN, or re-mark VLAN tags.
This guide includes:
• MAC address table and MAC Information.
• Bulk interface configuration.
• Ethernet interface.
• Ethernet link aggregation.
• DRNI.
• Port isolation.
• VLAN (including VLAN, super VLAN, private VLAN, and voice
VLAN).
• MVRP.
• Loopback, null, and inloopback interfaces.
• QinQ.
• VLAN mapping.
• Loop detection.
• Spanning tree.
• LLDP.
• L2PT.
• Service loopback group.
• Layer 2 forwarding.
Layer 3—IP Services Configuration
Guide
Covers IP addressing (including static and dynamic IPv4 and IPv6
address assignment), network performance optimization, ARP, and
interoperation between IPv4 and IPv6.
This guide includes:
• ARP (including ARP, gratuitous ARP, proxy ARP, ARP snooping,
ARP fast reply, and ARP direct route advertisement).
• IP addressing.
• DHCP (including DHCP overview, DHCP server, DHCP relay
agent, DHCP client, DHCP snooping, and BOOTP client).
• DNS and DDNS.
• IP forwarding basics and load sharing.
• Fast forwarding.
• Adjacency table.
• IRDP.
• IP performance optimization.
• UDP helper.
• Basic IPv6 settings.
• DHCPv6 (including DHCPv6 overview, DHCPv6 server, DHCPv6
relay agent, DHCPv6 client, and DHCPv6 snooping).
• IPv6 fast forwarding.
• Tunneling.
• GRE.
• HTTP redirect.
Configuration guide
Content
Layer 3—IP Routing Configuration
Guide
Covers the routing technologies for IPv4 and IPv6 networks of
different sizes, route filtering, route control, and policy based routing.
This guide includes:
• Basic IP routing.
• Static routing.
• RIP.
• OSPF.
• IS-IS.
• BGP.
• Policy-based routing.
• IPv6 static routing.
• RIPng.
• OSPFv3.
• IPv6 policy-based routing.
• Routing policy.
• DCN.
IP Multicast Configuration Guide
Covers Layer 2 and Layer 3 multicast protocols.
This guide includes:
• Multicast overview.
• IGMP snooping.
• PIM snooping.
• Multicast VLAN.
• Multicast routing and forwarding.
• IGMP.
• PIM.
• MSDP.
• Multicast VPN.
• MLD snooping.
• IPv6 PIM snooping.
• IPv6 multicast VLAN.
• IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding.
• MLD.
• IPv6 PIM.
ACL and QoS Configuration Guide
Covers information about classifying traffic with ACLs, and allocating
network resources and managing congestions with QoS technologies
to improve network performance and network use efficiency. You can
use ACLs to help feature modules (such as QoS and IP routing)
classify or filter traffic.
This guide includes:
• ACL.
• QoS (including QoS overview, QoS policy, priority mapping,
traffic policing, GTS and rate limit, congestion management,
congestion avoidance, traffic filtering, priority marking, nesting,
traffic redirecting, global CAR, class-based accounting, and
appendixes).
• Time range.
• Data buffer.
• QCN.
Configuration guide
Content
Security Configuration Guide
Covers security features. The major security features available on the
switch include: identity authentication (AAA and PKI), access security
(802.1X, MAC authentication, portal, and port security), secure
management (public key management, SSH, SSL, and IPsec), and
attack protection (IP source guard, ARP attack protection, uRPF,
attack detection and prevention, and ND attack defense).
This guide includes:
• AAA.
• 802.1X.
• MAC authentication.
• Portal.
• Web authentication.
• Triple authentication.
• Port security.
• User profile.
• Password control.
• Keychain.
• Public key management.
• PKI.
• SSH.
• SSL.
• Object group.
• Attack detection and prevention.
• TCP attack prevention.
• IP source guard.
• ARP attack protection.
• ND attack defense.
• uRPF.
• SAVI.
• SAVA.
• MFF.
• Crypto engine.
• FIPS.
High Availability Configuration
Guide
Covers high availability technologies and features available on the
switch for failure detection and failover. Failure detection technologies
focus on fault detection and isolation. Failover technologies focus on
network recovery.
This guide includes:
• Ethernet OAM.
• CFD.
• DLDP.
• RRPP.
• ERPS.
• Smart Link.
• Monitor Link.
• VRRP.
• BFD.
• Track.
• Process placement.
Configuration guide
Content
Network Management and
Monitoring Configuration Guide
Covers features that help you manage and monitor your network, for
example, manage system events, collect traffic statistics, sample
packets, assess network performance, and test network connectivity.
This guide includes:
• System maintenance and debugging (ping, tracert, and system
debugging).
• NQA.
• NTP and SNTP.
• PTP
• SNMP.
• RMON.
• Event MIB.
• NETCONF.
• Ansible.
• Puppet.
• Chef.
• CWMP.
• EAA.
• Process monitoring and maintenance.
• Mirroring (including both port and traffic mirroring).
• sFlow.
• Information center.
• Packet capture.
• VCF fabric.
• Performance management.
Telemetry Configuration Guide Covers gRPC fundamentals and configuration.
OpenFlow Configuration Guide Covers OpenFlow fundamentals and configuration.
VXLAN Configuration Guide Covers VXLAN fundamentals and configuration.
Intelligent Lossless Network
Configuration Guide Covers PFC fundamentals and configuration.
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