About the HPE FlexFabric 7900 configuration guides

Fundamentals Configuration Guide

Describes how to use the command line interface of the switch, log in to and set up the switch, and use the basic management functions. This guide includes:

• CLI (command line interface overview and how to use the CLI)

• Logging in to the switch (log in methods such as Telnet, and user interface configuration and access method)

• RBAC

• FTP and TFTP

• File system management

• Configuration file management

• Software upgrade

• ISSU

• Python and Comware V7 extended Python API

• Device management

• MDC

• Preprovisioning

• Automatic configuration

IRF Configuration Guide

Covers Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology, which provides data center class availability and scalability.

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.

Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration Guide

Covers Layer 2 technologies and features used on a LAN switched network, such as VLAN technology, port isolation, and Spanning Tree. You can use these features to divide broadcast domains, remove Layer 2 loops, isolate users within a VLAN and so on. This guide includes:

• Ethernet interface

• loopback, null, and inloopback interfaces

• Bulk interface configuration

• MAC address table and MAC Information

• Ethernet link aggregation

• Port isolation

• Spanning tree protocols

• Loop detection

• VLAN

• VLAN mapping

• LLDP

• Service loopback group

Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide

Describes how to configure ARP, IP addressing, IP performance optimization, IP forwarding basics, DHCP, DNS, UDP helper, IPv6, Tunnel, GRE and DHCPv6. This guide includes:

• ARP (including gratuitous ARP and proxy ARP)

• IP addressing

• DHCP (DHCP overview, DHCP server, DHCP relay agent, DHCP client, and DHCP snooping)

• DNS

• Basic IP forwarding and load sharing

• IRDP

• IP performance optimization

• UDP helper

• IPv6 basics

• DHCPv6 (DHCPv6 overview, DHCPv6 server, DHCPv6 relay agent, DHCPv6 client)

• Tunnel

• GRE

Layer 3—IP Routing Configuration Guide

Covers the routing technologies for IPv4 networks of different sizes and route filtering. This guide includes:

• Basic IP routing

• Static routing (including default route configuration)

• RIP

• OSPF

• IS-IS

• BGP

• Policy-based routing

• IPv6 static routing

• RIPng

• OSPFv3

• IPv6 IS-IS

• IPv6 Policy-based routing

• Routing policy

IP Multicast Configuration Guide

Covers Layer 3 IPv4 multicast protocols (IGMP and PIM), Layer 2 IPv4 multicast protocols (IGMP snooping) and IPv6 multicast protocols (MLD snooping). This guide includes:

• Multicast overview

• IGMP snooping

• Multicast routing and forwarding

• IGMP

• PIM

• MSDP

• MLD Snooping

MPLS Configuration Guide

Describes fundamentals and configurations of MPLS and extended MPLS functions. This configuration guide includes:

• Basic MPLS

• Static LSP

• LDP

• MPLS TE

• Static CRLSP

• RSVP

• Tunnel policy

• MPLS L3VPN

• MCE (including MCE and IPv6 MCE)

ACL and QoS Configuration Guide

Describes how to classify traffic with ACLs, and allocate network resources and manage congestions with QoS technologies to improve network performance and network use efficiency. You can use ACLs to help other function modules (such as QoS and IP routing) classify or filter traffic. This configuration guide includes:

• ACL

• QoS, including the following:

  • QoS overview

  • QoS policy

  • Priority mapping

  • Traffic policing, GTS, and rate limit

  • Congestion management

  • Traffic filtering

  • Priority marking

  • Traffic redirecting

  • Aggregate CAR

  • Class-based accounting

  • Queue-based accounting

  • Appendixes

• Time range

• Data buffer

Security Configuration Guide

Covers security features. The major security features available on the switch include: identity authentication, secure management, and attack protection. This guide includes:

• AAA

• Password control

• Public key management

• PKI

• SSL

• IPsec, IKE, and IKEv2

• SSH

• IP source guard

• ARP attack protection

• uRPF

• FIPS

• Attack detection and prevention

High Availability Configuration Guide

Describes 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

• DLDP

• RRPP

• VRRP

• BFD

• Track

Network Management and Monitoring Configuration Guide

Describes features that help you manage and monitor your network, for example, manage system events, and test network connectivity. This guide includes:

• System maintenance and debugging (ping, tracert, and system debugging)

• NTP and SNTP

• Information center

• SNMP

• RMON

• Sampler

• Mirroring (including both port and traffic mirroring)

• sFlow

• EAA

• NQA

• NETCONF

FCoE Configuration Guide

Describes the application scenarios, fundamentals, and configuration of FCoE.

TRILL Configuration Guide

Describes the application scenarios, fundamentals, and configuration of TRILL.

SPB Configuration Guide

Describes the application scenarios, fundamentals, and configuration of SPB.

EVI Configuration Guide

Describes the application scenarios, fundamentals, and configuration of EVI.

OpenFlow Configuration Guide

Describes the application scenarios, fundamentals, and configuration of OpenFlow.

VXLAN Configuration Guide

Describes the application scenarios, fundamentals, and configuration of VXLAN.