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Physical switches

The management platform incorporates physical switches for easy management. After the incorporation,

you can manage ports, aggregate interfaces, and VLANs of physical switches.

Topics

• Manage physical switches

Manage physical switches​

This page allows you to add physical switches and view their information, including running state, device

model, hardware information, and port statistics. You can manage ports, aggregate interfaces, and VLANs of physical switches on the management platform.

Restrictions and guidelines

• For switch models that can be incorporated, see the compatibility matrix for the product.

• When you configure VLAN description on the physical switch side, as a best practice, use letters and digits only. Chinese characters may cause garbled characters in the Description column of the hyper-converged management platform.

• By default, NETCONF is disabled for most switches. To use NETCONF on a switch, you must first manually enable this feature on the switch. In addition, configure an SSH user account for login, because you must use NETCONF over SSH. For example: [10.99.221.5]ssh user test service-type netconf authentication-type password//Create an SSH user. [10.99.221.5]netconf ssh server enable//Enable NETCONF over SSH. [10.99.221.5]netconf ssh server port 830//By default, port 830 is used to listen for NETCONF over SSH session requests. You can specify another port to listen for NETCONF over SSH requests. [10.99.221.5]local-user test New local user added. [10.99.221.5-luser-manage-test]authorization-attribute user-role network-admin [10.99.221.5-luser-manage-test]password simple test [10.99.221.5-luser-manage-test]service-type ssh

Add a physical switch

Perform this task to add physical switches to expand the network capacity of the management platform, so the management platform can provide more bandwidth and ports. This facilitates management and configuration of physical switches on the management platform, and optimizes interactions between VMs and the physical network.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Set the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  5. Click OK.

Edit a physical switch

When the configuration of an added physical switch changes (such as port number, username, password, and management IP), perform this task to synchronize the configuration change so that the management platform can properly manage it.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click Edit in the Actions column for the target physical switch.

  4. Edit the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  5. Click OK.

Delete physical switches

When a physical switch needs to be replaced or the customer network topology changes, perform this task to remove that physical switch from the management platform.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click Delete in the Actions column for the target physical switch.

  4. Click OK.

View ports of a physical switch

Perform this task to view detailed information about each port of physical switches added to the management platform, such as the number of received or sent packets, byte count, and error packet count.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the Ports tab.

  4. Click View in the Actions column for the target port.

Edit a port of a physical switch

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the Ports tab.

  4. Click Edit in the Actions column for the target port.

  5. Edit the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  6. Click OK.

Add an aggregate interface for a physical switch

Perform this task to add an aggregate port for a physical switch on the management platform. Aggregate ports support large-scale data transmission between VMs, improve network throughput, enhance network reliability, and reduce the risk of network disruptions and service network disruptions.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the Aggregate Interfaces tab.

  4. Click Add.

  5. Set the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  6. Click OK.

Edit an aggregate interface of a physical switch

Perform this task to flexibly adjust and optimize the aggregate port configuration of a physical switch.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the Aggregate Interfaces tab.

  4. Click Edit in the Actions column for the target aggregate interface.

  5. Edit the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  6. Click OK.

Delete an aggregate interface of a physical switch

Perform this task to delete unused aggregate ports that are no longer needed for network optimization.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the Aggregate Interfaces tab.

  4. Click Delete in the Actions column for the target aggregate interface.

  5. Click OK.

Add a VLAN

Perform this task to partition and manage VLANs, which allows for network segmentation, improved security, and resource optimization.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the VLANs tab.

  4. Click Add.

  5. Set the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  6. Click OK.

Edit a VLAN

This task allows flexible VLAN configuration adjustment for physical switches, which improves network maintainability and flexibility.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the VLANs tab.

  4. Click Edit in the Actions column for the target VLAN.

  5. Edit the parameters as described in "Parameters."

  6. Click OK.

Delete a VLAN

Perform this task to delete unused VLANs.

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Network.

  2. From the left navigation pane, select Physical Switches.

  3. Click the name of the target physical switch, and then click the VLANs tab.

  4. Click Delete in the Actions column for the target VLAN.

  5. Click OK.

Parameters Parameters on the Summary tab

• Name: Name of the physical switch.

• State: State of the physical switch. Options include Normal and Abnormal.

• Management IP: Management IP of the physical switch.

• Port: Listening port for NETCONF over SSH session requests.

• Username: Username used for SSH-based login.

• Password: Password corresponding to the SSH username.

• Model: Physical switch model, used to identify the device brand, series, and specifications. If you select Other, you cannot configure aggregate interfaces.

• Created At: Date when the physical switch was created.

• Uptime: Uptime of the physical switch.

• LLDP: Whether LLDP is enabled for the physical switch.

• Hardware Info:

○ CPU Usage: CPU usage of the physical switch.

○ Memory: Memory size of the physical switch.

○ Memory Usage: Memory usage of the physical switch.

○ Storage: Storage space of the physical switch.

○ Usage: Storage space usage of the physical switch.

• Port Statistics:

○ Ports: Total number of ports on the physical switch.

○ Active Ports: Number of active ports on the physical switch.

○ Inactive Ports: Number of inactive ports on the physical switch.

Parameters on the Ports tab

• Name: Name of the port on the physical switch.

• Type: Link type of the port. Options include:

○ Access: An access port can forward packets only from one VLAN and send these packets untagged.

○ Trunk: A trunk port can forward packets from multiple VLANs. Except packets from the port VLAN ID (PVID), packets sent out of a trunk port are VLAN-tagged. Ports connecting network devices are typically configured as trunk ports.

○ Hybrid: A hybrid port can forward packets from multiple VLANs. The tagging status of the packets forwarded by a hybrid port depends on the port configuration.

• Permitted VLAN: VLANs permitted on the port. This parameter is available only for trunk ports.

• Untagged VLAN: Configure the port as an untagged member of the specified VLANs. An untagged member of a VLAN sends packets from the VLAN after removing their VLAN tags. This parameter is available only for hybrid ports.

• Tagged VLAN: Configure the port as a tagged member of the specified VLANs. A tagged member of a VLAN sends packets from the VLAN without removing their VLAN tags. This parameter is available only for hybrid ports.

• PVID: Default VLAN ID of the port. Untagged packets received on the port are determined as packets from the port PVID.

○ An access port can join only one VLAN. The PVID of an access port identifies the VLAN to which that port belongs.

○ A trunk or hybrid port supports multiple VLANs and the PVID configuration.

• Status: State of the port. Options include Active and Inactive.

• LLDP: Whether LLDP is enabled for the port.

• Speed: Transmission rate of the port.

• Description: Description of the port.

Parameters on the Aggregate Interfaces tab

• Interface Number: Interface number of the aggregate interface.

• Aggregation Mode: Aggregation mode of the aggregate interface. Options include Static Aggregation and Dynamic Aggregation.

• Link Type: Link type of the aggregate interface. Options include Access, Trunk, and Hybrid.

• Permitted VLAN: VLANs permitted on the port. This parameter is available only for trunk ports.

• Untagged VLAN: VLANs untagged on the port. An untagged member of a VLAN sends packets from the VLAN after removing their VLAN tags. This parameter is available only for hybrid ports.

• Tagged VLAN: VLANs tagged on the port. A tagged member of a VLAN sends packets from the VLAN without removing their VLAN tags. This parameter is available only for hybrid ports.

• PVID: Default VLAN ID of the port. Untagged packets received on the port are determined as packets from the port PVID.

○ An access port can join only one VLAN. The PVID of an access port identifies the VLAN to which that port belongs.