Mellanox Installation and Configuration Guide

This documentation helps network administrators and support personnel install install and manage Mellanox network devices in a CSM install.

The HPE Cray recommended way of configuring the network is by using the CANU tool. Therefore this guide will not go into detail on how to configure each switch manually using the CLI. Instead, it will give helpful examples of how to configure/use features generated by CANU, in order to provide administrators easy ways to customize their installation.

Also included in this guide are the current documented and supported network scenarios.

NOTE Not every configuration option is covered here; for any configuration outside of the scope of this document, refer to the official Mellanox user manual. See Mellanox.

This document is intended for network administrators and support personnel.

NOTE The display and command lines illustrated in this document are examples and might not exactly match any particular environment. The switch and accessory drawings in this document are for illustration only, and may not exactly match installed products.

CANU

See CSM Automatic Network Utility (CANU)

Examples of Network topologies

Network Design Explained

Management Network Overview

Key Features Used in the Management Network Configuration

How to Connect Management Network to a Campus Network

Managing Switches from the CLI

Device Management

Layer One Features

Layer Two Features

Layer Three Features

Multicast

Security

Performing Upgrade on Mellanox

Backing Up Switch Configuration

Troubleshooting

DHCP

DNS

PXE Boot