HP MPX200 FCIP Quick Start Instructions (5697-1997, June 2012)
Step 4. Install the SFPs
Use the following steps to install the SFPs:
NOTE: An SFP transceiver is required for each
FC port that connects to an FC switch.
1. Align the SFP transceiver so that the key is oriented
correctly to the port. Transceivers are keyed so that
they can be inserted only one way.
2. Insert the transceiver into the port.
3. Press gently until the transceiver snaps into place.
Step 5. Set the MPX200 management port
parameters
Use the following steps to set initial MPX200
configuration parameters or, if already configured, go
to step 6
NOTE: If you are using Telnet to configure the
MPX200 for the first time, your workstation IP
address must be "10.0.0.x," where x is a number
other than 1 and the subnet mask is 255.0.0.0.
1. Connect the MPX200 management port or serial
console port to a workstation to set the initial
MPX200 configuration parameters. You can connect
the MPX200 management port to an IP switch, a
hub, or directly to the workstation using an Ethernet
crossover cable. If you are using the MPX200 serial
port, the settings are 115,200 baud, 8 bit, 1 stop
bit, no parity, and no flow control.
2. Attach both AC power cords to the power cooling
modules (PCM) located at the front of the MPX200,
and a power distribution unit or AC power outlet.
Verify that the MPX200 system power LED is lit. The
MPX200 runs a self-test and enters operating mode.
3. Verify that the heartbeat LED is blinking (once per
second) and that the System fault LED does not light.
Figure 5 shows the location of the ports and LEDs
on the MPX200.
Figure 5 MPX200 ports and LEDs
2. System power LED1. Input fault LED
4. 1-GbE or 10-GbE iSCSI ports3. Heartbeat LED
6. Maintenance button5. 1–GbE iSCSI
ports
8. UID beacon (LED) blue7. 8–Gb/s FC ports
10.Management port 10/100/1000
Ethernet
9. RS-232 port
NOTE: See the HP MPX200 Multifunction
Router User Guide for a description of the
LED fault indicators.
4. Connect to the MPX200 from your management
workstation as follows (Figure 6).
a. Enter guest at the Login prompt.
b. Enter password at the Password prompt.
NOTE: HP recommends that you change
the MPX200 guest password after logging
in.
5. Enter Blade n at the mpx200#> prompt, where
n is the number of the blade in the chassis being
configured.
6. Enter admin start at the mpx200 <n> prompt,
where n is the number of the blade currently
selected in the chassis.
7. Enter the default password config.
NOTE: HP recommends that you change
the MPX200 config password after logging
in.
8. Enter the command set mgmt to set the initial
parameters.
Follow the onscreen prompts to configure the
management port (or press Enter to accept the
default settings, as shown in Figure 6):
Figure 6 Setting IP addresses
The management port is now configured with the
appropriate IP address and network parameters.
IMPORTANT: If you are using Telnet to configure
the MPX200, the Telnet session is terminated. To
restart the Telnet session, use the IP address you
just assigned to the management port.
Step 6. Configure the MPX200 FCIP Route
parameters
Install FCIP license
For each MPX200 blade, add the FCIP license as shown
in Figure 7.
Figure 7 FCIP License Add
Critical FCIP Performance settings
The following four parameters are critical to ensure
optimal performance of the MPX200. Configuring the
FCIP Route to match the actual link characteristics is the
only way to ensure the best utilization of the available
bandwidth per route.
• Bandwidth per route setting
◦ Do not set the bandwidth per route setting above
the guaranteed bandwidth of the link for each
FCIP route.
• TCP Window size/TCP scaling factor
◦ Use the recommended setting from the User
Guide for the actual bandwidth and RTT of the
link
• Software compression
◦ Compression can be enabled, disabled, or set
to auto. When set to auto, the MPX200
automatically enables or disables compression
based on data compressibility. The default
setting is disable.
NOTE: The auto compression mode
setting is available with MPX200 firmware
version 3.2.0.1 or later.
See the HP MPX200 Multifunction Router User Guide
for more information about the required configuration
settings.
NOTE: HP recommends that you accept the
default settings for TCP Port and GE Port Speed.
If you need to change the port speed, select Full
Duplex mode; Half Duplex mode is not supported.
The Ethernet switch port settings must be set to
match the MPX GE port settings.
Configure the FCIP routes using the CLI
For each MPX200, configure the FCIP route information
as shown in Figure 8:
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