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Josh_41258
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusInstallation of new blade in VIPRION/vCMP System
Let's say I have a VIPRION chassis running vCMP with 2 blades installed. The vCMP guests on this host are set to "Use all slots."
As I understand it, if I install a new blade into the chassis, ...
Josh_41258Nimbostratus
NimbostratusI plan on having the switch interfaces configured and ready to be plugged in. They just won't be plugged in IMMEDIATELY as the blade is inserted.. perhaps 30-60seconds later. I just want to make sure there the blade won't try to start processing traffic before I can get the interfaces cabled.
@Josh - thanks for the detailed response! Ours are cabled directly to Nexus 7k's. I typically have 4x10GB for each blade (2x10 for the internal side, 2x10 for the external). Each blade also has a switchport on the "sync" or "ha" VLAN that is used for sync and network failover traffic. I don't typically interconnect individual blades together.
Thanks,
Josh
Also, it will likely be 15-30 minutes before the new blade is patched, rebooted, firmware updated and joined to the cluster before it is ready to process traffic. Once its fully operational, then you can configure its network interfaces. Up until the network config, this happens more or less automatically.
