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6300M Switch VSF | Out-of-band management port on each stack member?

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  • 1.  6300M Switch VSF | Out-of-band management port on each stack member?

    Posted Dec 02, 2020 11:34 AM
    In a VSF stack with multiple 6300M switches, is it possible to use each switch's out of band management port? Thus enabling out of band access to each individual stack member on stack failure? (Assuming we're not using those OOBM ports for split brain detection.)

    It's a workaround for having a serial console server connecting to each stack member via RJ45 because of the USB-C console port.

    Regards,

    Johan

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    Johan Lam
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  • 2.  RE: 6300M Switch VSF | Out-of-band management port on each stack member?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Dec 02, 2020 11:45 AM
    Greetings!

    Only the active stack conductor's OOBM port is enabled for management purposes.

    For serial console access to individual stack members (or standalone switches), you can use USB-A to RJ45 serial console cables/adapters to connect each stack member to a console server (requires AOS-CX 10.5 or later).

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    Matt Fern
    Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer, Aruba Switching
    Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
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  • 3.  RE: 6300M Switch VSF | Out-of-band management port on each stack member?

    Posted Dec 02, 2020 01:08 PM
    Hello Matt,

    Many thanks for the quick and clear reply!

    The USB-A to serial console cable is even the better solution. I wasn't able to find it in the 10.05 documentation: am I right that the Aux port (which is USB-A) in 10.05 is available for serial console?

    Regards,

    Johan

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    Johan Lam
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  • 4.  RE: 6300M Switch VSF | Out-of-band management port on each stack member?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Dec 04, 2020 04:08 PM
    We are working on getting that info into the documentation set. The USB-A 'aux' port on the 6300 and 6200 switch families can be used for any of the following purposes:

    Bluetooth adapter
    USB Mass Storage
    USB-to-serial console access

    When using a USB-to-serial adapter, the same 115200 baud rate and other serial connection settings apply as when you use the USB-C console port.


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    Matt Fern
    Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer, Aruba Switching
    Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
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  • 5.  RE: 6300M Switch VSF | Out-of-band management port on each stack member?

    Posted Dec 04, 2020 04:57 PM
    Thank you! Sounds like a good solution with the aux USB port being enabled for this purpose. We are going to use that.

    One last question on the OOBM port: if we have a stack of two or more 6200/6300 units and all OOBM ports are connected to the same management network. Will the OOBM port of the second switch become active after the primary stack member fails, or will it just introduce issues?

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    Johan Lam
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