Book description
To meet today's complex and ever-changing business demands, you need a solid foundation of server, storage, networking, and software resources. It must be simple to deploy and able to quickly and automatically adapt to changing conditions. You also need access to, and the ability to take advantage of, broad expertise and proven best practices in systems management, applications, hardware maintenance, and more.
IBM® PureFlex™ System is part of the IBM PureSystems™ family of expert integrated systems. It combines advanced IBM hardware and software along with patterns of expertise and integrates them into three optimized configurations that are simple to acquire and deploy. With the PureFlex System, you can achieve faster time to value.
If you want a pre-configured, pre-integrated infrastructure with integrated management and cloud capabilities, factory tuned from IBM with x86 and Power hybrid solution, IBM PureFlex System is the answer.
In this IBM Redbooks® publication, the examples use a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch, although any configurations should also apply to the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch too. However, it is wise to check as there might be minor differences.
This book also covers the different variations for the implementation of these use cases when you use Cisco Catalyst Series Switches.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Layer 1 Overview
- Chapter 3. Layer 2 Overview
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Chapter 4. Layer 3 Overview
- 4.1 Overview of Layer 3
- 4.2 Static routes
- 4.3 Default gateways
- 4.4 Equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) static routes
- 4.5 Routing Information Protocol v2 (RIPv2)
- 4.6 Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
- 4.7 Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) for IPv4
- 4.8 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- 4.9 IPv6
- 4.10 Open Shortest Path First for IPv6 (OSPFv3)
- 4.11 FHRP (First Hop Redundancy Protocols) VRRP and HSRP
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Chapter 5. Interoperability Use Cases: Connecting to a Cisco Network
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 High availability overview
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5.3 Fully redundant with virtualized chassis technology (VSS/vPC/vLAG)
- 5.3.1 Components used
- 5.3.2 Network topology and physical setup
- 5.3.3 EN4093flex_1 configuration
- 5.3.4 G8264tor_1 configuration
- 5.3.5 Nexus5548core_1 vPC primary switch configuration
- 5.3.6 Cisco Nexus 5548core_2 vPC secondary switch configuration
- 5.3.7 Verification and show command output
- 5.3.8 Full configuration files
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5.4 Fully redundant with traditional spanning-tree
- 5.4.1 Topology and requirements
- 5.4.2 Components used
- 5.4.3 Network diagram and physical setup
- 5.4.4 EN4093flex_1 configuration
- 5.4.5 G8264tor_1 configuration
- 5.4.6 Nexus5548core_1 STP primary switch configuration
- 5.4.7 Nexus5548core_2 STP secondary switch configuration
- 5.4.8 Verification and show command output
- 5.4.9 Full configuration files
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5.5 Fully redundant with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- 5.5.1 Topology and requirements
- 5.5.2 Network diagram and physical setup
- 5.5.3 EN4093flex_1 configuration
- 5.5.4 G8264tor_1 configuration
- 5.5.5 G8264tor_2 configuration
- 5.5.6 Nexus5548core_1 switch configuration
- 5.5.7 Nexus5548core_2 configuration
- 5.5.8 Verification and show command output
- 5.5.9 Full configuration files
- Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and maintenance
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Appendix A. Cisco IOS to IBM isCLI Command Comparison
- General configuration
- Authentication
- BPDU Guard
- DHCP snooping
- Hostname and DNS server configuration
- Banner configuration
- Interface speed and duplex
- LLDP
- Management network configuration
- NTP
- OSPF configuration
- Port mirroring
- SNMP
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- SSH and Telnet
- Syslog
- Port aggregation (static)
- Port aggregation (LACP)
- VLAN tagging (802.1q)
- Appendix B. Easy Connect
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM Flex System and PureFlex System Network Implementation with Cisco Systems
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2013
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738438566
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