HPE Comware Configuration and Implementation Fundamentals

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Introduce you to HPE Comware networking protocols and configuration
• Prepare you to configure and manage HPE Comware devices
• Protect devices with local and remote authentication using telnet, SSH, web, and SNMP access
• Navigate the HPE Comware CLI and manage the flash file system
• Upgrade the HPE Comware switch operating system
• Configure VLANs on HPE Comware switches
• Implement basic routing on directly connected VLANs or links
• Configure a HPE Comware switch for DHCP server and DHCP relay
• Interpret HPE Comware logs
• Differentiate between static and dynamic link aggregation
• Configure and troubleshoot link aggregation on HPE switches
• Configure Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect (DRNI)
• Identify applications for static and dynamic routing
• Configure single-area OSPF routing
• Configure Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Configure Quality of Service (QoS)
• Understand the basic operation of HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)
• Identify HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework advantages when compared with other technologies that manage redundant paths
• Describe how the multi-active detection (MAD) protocol deals with an HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework spit stack
• Configure and verify a simple HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework topology
• Identify an appropriate VLAN design based on a given scenario
• Based on a given scenario, choose appropriate link types and redundancy solutions
• Use best practices for IP addressing and OSPF routing when implementing a network design
  

Detailed course outline

Module 1: Introduction

• Introduce HPE Comware networking protocols and configuration
• Prepare you to configure and manage HPE Comware devices

Module 2: Basic Setup

• Initiate a console connection to an HPE Comware switch
• Describe characteristics and purpose of each privilege level
• Navigate the HPE Comware CLI
• Perform basic configuration
• Configure interfaces
• Troubleshoot common problems with basic connectivity

Module 3: Protecting Management Access

• Apply password protection to local and remote authentication
• Associate user roles with password and scheme authentication
• Implement remote management with SSH, Telnet, and SNMP access

Module 4: Managing Software and Configurations

• Understand the boot up process of HPE Comware switches
• Understand how to use the flash file system on HPE Comware switches
• Upgrade operating systems on HPE Comware switches
• Manage configuration files on HPE Comware switches

Module 5: VLANs

• Understand the use of VLANs and the various types of VLANs
• Choose the correct VLAN port type for various situations
• Configure VLANs and assign IP addresses to VLAN interfaces
• Implement basic routing on directly connected VLANs
• Verify connectivity within and between VLANs

Module 6: IP Services

After completing this module, you should be able to configure the following services

• DHCP server and DHCP relay
• NTP
• Logging
• DNS

Module 7: Link Aggregation

• Introduction to link aggregation
• Compare and contrast the different link aggregation types
• Understand how the link aggregation control protocol works (LACP)
• Configure and verify link aggregation on HPE Comware switches

Module 8: DRNI - Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect

• Describe DRNI features
• Understand DRNI basic operations
• Understand the basic configuration of a DRNI system
• Configure and verify DRNI on HPE Comware switches

Module 9: IP Routing

• Describe how HPE Comware switches route traffic between directly networks
• Describe the operation of static routes and configure static routes
• Describe the basic operation of OSPF and configure single-area OSPF

Module 10: ACLs - Access Control Lists

• Define ACLs and identify the criteria by which ACLs select traffic
• Configure ACLs on HPE Comware based switches to select given traffic
• Apply static ACLs to interfaces to meet the needs of a particular scenario
• Examine an ACL configuration and determine the action taken on specific packets

Module 11: QoS - Quality of Service

• Configure HPE Comware switches to honor the appropriate QoS marks applied by other devices
• Create a QoS policy that assigns a specified class of traffic to a priority queue
• Select and implement an appropriate strategy for queue scheduling
• Implement traffic policing policies that enforce the negotiated committed information rate (CIR), committed burst size (CBS), peak information rate (PIR), and excessive burst size (EBS) for a specified class of traffic
• Respond to congestion in advance by applying the appropriate traffic shaping and weighted random early detection (WRED) policies
• Determine the QoS mark that an HPE Comware switch will assign to specific traffic and, if necessary, adjust the mark

Module 12: HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)

• Understand the technologies and concepts involving HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework
• Understand the advantages that HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework provides
• Describe an HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework split fabric and how the multi-active detection (MAD) protocol deals with this problem
• Configure a simple HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework topology
• Verify and troubleshoot an HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework topology

Detailed lab outline

Lab Activity 1: Accessing HPE vLabs

• Connect to HPE vLabs
• Connect to the 5945 switches, server, and client

Lab Activity 2: Basic Setup

• Define the HPE Comware switch password and host name
• Explore the HPE Comware CLI
• Set up and configure required interfaces
• Assign an IP address to the VLAN 1 interface
• Access the switches using REST APIs
• Check basic connectivity

Lab Activity 3: Protecting Management Access

• Define super passwords on HPE Comware switches
• Restrict privileges for certain users
• Set up SSH access on HPE Comware switches and allow access by various users
• Use password control

Lab Activity 4: Managing Software and Configurations

• Access the boot ROM menu
• Perform password recovery on HPE Comware switches
• Manage files in flash memory on HPE Comware switches
• Manage software files on the HPE Comware switches
• Manage configuration files on the HPE Comware switches

Lab Activity 5: VLANs

• Understand the use of VLANs and the various VLAN types
• Configure access and trunk ports on HPE Comware switches
• Implement directly connected routing on HPE Comware switches
• Verify VLAN configuration and connectivity

Lab Activity 6: IP Services

• Configure an HPE Comware switch as a DHCP server
• Implement DHCP relay
• Synchronize time using NTP
• Implement a syslog solution

Lab Activity 7: Link Aggregation

• Configure and verify static link aggregation on HPE Comware switches
• Configure and verify LACP link aggregation on HPE Comware switches
• Link aggregation troubleshooting and verification

Lab Activity 8: Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect (DRNI)

• Setup up DRNI
• Configure a multi-chassis aggregate link
• Verify redundancy

Lab Activity 9: IP Routing with Single Area OSPF

• Configure and verify static routing
• Create loopback interfaces
• Configure OSPF in a single area
• Configure silent interfaces

Lab Activity 10: Access Control Lists (ACLs)

• Add a guest VLAN and guest user
• Enable QoS and ACL hardware resource mode
• Configure a basic access control list (ACL) to protect the server VLAN
• Control all traffic routed out of the guest VLAN with an advanced ACL

Lab Activity 11: Quality of Service (QoS)

• Enable QoS and ACL hardware resource mode
• Establish a baseline of behavior without congestion
• Generate congestion and observe the effects on traffic
• Prioritize all traffic on a given port
• Prioritize traffic by application

Lab Activity 12: HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)

• Establish an HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework topology
• Configure distributed link aggregation
• Restore your original configurations
  

Learners should have networking experience to get the most from this training course. It does not require completion of any previous HPE networking courses.