HPE Comware Configuration and Implementation Fundamentals (HQ7C2S) - Lab Topologie

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