Gigamon GigaVUE TA Series Manual

GigaVUE TA Series
Hardware Installation
Guide
GigaVUE TA Series
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CONTENTS
Introducing the GigaVUE TASeries 9
About the GigaVUE Family 9
GigaVUE TASeries Features and Benefits 9
Standard HSeries Features 10
GigaVUE TASeries Overview 11
GigaVUE TASeries Nodes 12
Air Flow Direction 13
Displaying Power and Voltage Information 13
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA40 Chassis 14
Air Flow Direction 16
AC and DC-Powered GigaVUE-TA40 Models 16
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis 16
Chassis Cooling 18
Power LEDs 20
System LED 20
Port Status LEDs 20
Global Fan LED 20
Individual Fan LEDs 21
Individual Power LEDs 21
GigaVUE-TA100 Notes and Rules 21
Dual BIOS Images 22
Software Upgrade using USB Drive 23
Air Flow Direction 23
AC and DC-Powered GigaVUE-TA100 Models 23
Battery Caution 23
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Chassis 23
Chassis Cooling 26

Power LEDs 27
System LED 27
QSFP28 Port Status LEDs 27
CXP Port Status LEDs 28
Global Fan LED 28
Individual Fan LEDs 28
Individual Power LEDs 28
GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Notes and Rules 28
Dual BIOS Images 29
Software Upgrade using USB Drive 29
Air Flow Direction 30
AC and DC-Powered GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Models 30
Battery Caution 30
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA200 Chassis 30
Chassis Cooling 33
Power LEDs 35
System LED 35
Port Status LEDs 35
Global Fan LED 35
Individual Fan LEDs 36
Individual Power LEDs 36
GigaVUE-TA200 Notes and Rules 36
AMI BIOS Images 37
Air Flow Direction 37
AC and DC-Powered GigaVUE-TA200 Models 37
Battery Caution 37
Configure the Card Mode – 40Gb/10Gb Support 38
Configuring the Card Mode on GigaVUE-TA10 38
Configure the Port Mode 39
Breakout Panels 40
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Installation and Setup Roadmap 41
Getting Unpacked, Racked, Installed and Connected 41
Rack-Mounting GigaVUE TASeries 42
Unpacking the GigaVUE Traffic Aggregator 42
Rack-Mounting the GigaVUE TASeries 42
Two-Post Rack Methods: 43
Four-Post Rack Methods: 44
Basic Connections and Configuration 47
Grounding the GigaVUE TASeries Chassis 47
Avoid Electrostatic Damage! 48
Connecting Power to the GigaVUE TASeries 48
Connecting -48V DC Power Supplies 50
Replacing Fans 51
Connecting Serial Console and Mgmt Ports 51
Configuring Basic Settings 52
Access the Command-Line Interface over the console Port 53
Port Licensing 57
GigaVUE-TA10A 57
GigaVUE-TA100 57
GigaVUE-TA200 58
Enabling Additional Ports 58
Advanced Features Licensing 59
Command-Line Basics 59
Command-Line Modes 59
Entering Commands in the CLI 60
The Basic Commands 63
Completing the Initial Setup 66
Enter the Configure Command-Line Mode 67
SSH2 67
Initial User Account Configuration 68
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Configuring the GigaVUE TASeries Host Name 70
Configuring GigaVUE TASeries Node’s Time Options 70
Enabling the Web Server 72
Configuring Automatic Email Notifications 74
Using a Custom Banner 75
Saving Changes 76
Connecting Ports on GigaVUE TASeries 77
Transceiver—Rules and Notes 77
BiDi Optics Considerations 77
Transceiver Installation Instructions 78
Installing Transceivers 78
Removing Transceivers 78
Cabling 78
MPO/MTP 12Position Fiber Cable for Use with SR4 Transceivers 79
MTP/APC Fiber Cable for Use with QSFP+ PLR4 Transceivers 79
MPO/MTP 24Position Fiber Cable for Use with SR10 Transceivers 80
TASeries Specifications 81
Physical Dimensions and Weight 81
Power Requirements 82
Fan Tray Specification for GigaVUE-TA100 and TA100-CXP 83
Fan Tray Specification for GigaVUE-TA200 83
Environmental Specifications 83
Standards and Protocols 84
Compliance 84
Safety 85
Emissions 85
Immunity 85
Environmental 85
Security 86
BSMI RoHS 86
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VCCI 86
Warranty 87
Regulatory Labels 87
GigaVUE-TA10 87
GigaVUE-TA40 88
GigaVUE-TA100 88
GigaVUE-TA100-CXP 89
GigaVUE-TA200 89
Console Port Signaling and Cabling 91
NEBS Level 3 Compliance 94
Installation Instructions GigaVUE-TA10, TA40, TA100, TA200 94
Intrabuilding or Intra-connection for GigaVUE-TA10 94
Intrabuilding or Intra-connection for GigaVUE-TA40 94
Intrabuilding or Intra-connection for GigaVUE-TA100 94
Intrabuilding or Intra-connection for GigaVUE-TA200 95
Intrabuilding Ports (RJ45) 95
Class A2 Voltage Accessibility 95
Class B Voltage Accessibility 95
Equipment Grounding Systems 95
Communication Equipment Grounding 96
Bonding of Battery Return (BR) Input Terminals 96
Connections 96
Input AC/DC Voltage 97
Commercial Power Ports 97
Maintenance 97
Additional Sources of Information 98
Documentation 98
Documentation Feedback 101
Contact Technical Support 101
Contact Sales 101
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The Gigamon Community 101
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Introducing the GigaVUE TASeries
This chapter introduces the GigaVUE TASeries nodes, describes their features and functions, and
provides an orientation to the physical layout of each node.
Refer to the following sections for details:
•About the GigaVUE Family on page 9
•GigaVUE TASeries Overview on page 11
•GigaVUE TASeries Nodes on page 12
•GigaVUE TASeries Features and Benefits on page 9
•Introducing the GigaVUE-TA40 Chassis on page 14
•Introducing the GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis on page 16
•Introducing the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP Chassis on page 23
•Introducing the GigaVUE-TA200 Chassis on page 30
•Configure the Card Mode – 40Gb/10Gb Support on page 38
•Configure the Port Mode on page 39
About the GigaVUE Family
Gigamon’s TASeries and HSeries of GigaVUE Visibility Platform nodes deliver unprecedented
switching capacity, port density, and from 1Gb up to 100Gb support. The GigaVUE HSeries and
GigaVUE TASeries include the following models that run GigaVUE-OS:
• GigaVUE-HC1
• GigaVUE-HC2
• GigaVUE-HC3
• GigaVUE-TA40
• GigaVUE-TA100
• GigaVUE-TA100-CXP
• GigaVUE-TA200
• Certified Traffic Aggregation White Boxes
GigaVUE TASeries Features and Benefits
GigaVUE TASeries nodes allow you to aggregate traffic from multiple network links from 1Gb up to
100Gb. The GigaVUE TASeries can pre-filter traffic for monitoring or be integrated into the GigaVUE
HSeries cluster for end-to-end Flow Mapping and management. The GigaVUE HSeries and
TASeries products share the same GigaVUE-OS software and are managed by GigaVUE-FM Fabric
Manager for simplified operations. Traffic from any of these ports can be processed by GigaSMART
traffic intelligence functions in GigaVUE HSeries devices to further optimize the traffic before it is
sent to the tools.
About the GigaVUE Family | GigaVUE TA Series Hardware Installation Guide 9

GigaVUE TASeries nodes offer the following features and benefits:
• High-density visibility for 1Gb, 10Gb, 40Gb, and 100Gb.
• Low profile 1RU (2RU for GigaVUE-TA200) design offers easy deployment at the top of rack or
end of row in data centers.
• Depending on the model, the GigaVUE TASeries supports a wide variety of Gigamon®
transceivers. Transceivers purchased from other vendors are not supported.
• Optional patch panel or breakout panel allows use of 40Gb ports as four individual 10Gb ports
on all the GigaVUE TASeries nodes, or 100Gb ports as four individual 25Gb ports on GigaVUE-
TA200.
• All ports of same type and speed can be used to create GigaStream.
• Front to back cooling.
• Fan modules.
• AC or DC power supply. Included with each node is the redundant second power supply.
NOTE:Clustering is not supported on the GigaVUE-TA100-CXP.
Standard HSeries Features
In addition to the features described above, the GigaVUE TASeries offers many standard features
from the GigaVUE HSeries nodes:
Benefit Descriptions
Remote Management Configure the GigaVUE Traffic Aggregator’s operations from a command-
line interface:
• Local access over the serial console port.
• Remote network access using SSH2 over the
10/100/1000 Ethernet Mgmt port.
• Secure access to the CLI, either through local
authentication or optional RADIUS/TACACS+/LDAP
support.
• Powerful and flexible logging, including event
notification via syslog, email, and SNMP traps.
Aggregate Links Send the data from multiple different network ports to a tool port or
GigaStream, allowing you to combine traffic from multiple access points
into a single stream for uplink to the Gigamon Visibility Platform.
The GigaVUE TASeries nodes feature a common CLI with other GigaVUE
HSeries nodes.
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Benefit Descriptions
Command
Abbreviation
Type only as many letters of a command as are needed to positively
differentiate from other available commands. For example, you only need to
type con t to enter Config mode, not the full configure terminal command.
SNMP Support Rely on secure SNMP v3 access to the onboard SNMP agent as well as
v1/v2 SNMP traps.
Email Notifications Use email alerts for proactive notification of a wide variety of GigaVUE
TASeries node events, helping you keep tabs on system status in real time.
Scalable Port Density The GigaVUE-TA10 can have either twenty-four (24) or forty-eight (48)
1Gb/10Gb ports enabled. The 24-port GigaVUE-TA10 is called the GigaVUE-
TA10A. A license is available to expand the GigaVUE-TA10A to include all 48
1Gb/10Gb ports as well as the four (4) 40Gb ports.
The GigaVUE-TA100 can have either sixteen (16), twenty-four (24), or thirty-
two (32) 100Gb ports enabled. Licenses are available for the additional two
sets of 8 ports.
The GigaVUE-TA200 can have either thirty-two (32) or sixty-four (64) 100Gb
ports enabled. A license is available for the additional 32 ports.
The GigaVUE TASeries nodes make it easy to leverage the system’s 10Gb or
40Gb port density, aggregating multiple underused 40Gb/10Gb/1Gb
network ports to 40Gb/10Gb tool ports for uplink to the Gigamon Visibility
Platform.
Clustering The GigaVUE-TA10, GigaVUE-TA40, GigaVUE-TA100, and GigaVUE-TA200
nodes can cluster with other GigaVUE HSeries nodes. This allows you to
take advantage of the benefits of features such as GigaSMART.
Ingress VLAN Tagging VLAN Tags can be added to the ingress packets on a per-port basis. This
can help identify, differentiate or track incoming sources of traffic.
GigaVUE-FM
(Centralized
Management System)
Use the centralized GigaVUE Fabric Management System to review,
configure, and update GigaVUE TASeries just like other GigaVUE HSeries.
GigaVUE TASeries Overview
Gigamon’s TASeries nodes allow you to aggregate the traffic from multiple low-utilization links
before sending the traffic to the GigaVUE HSeries or GSeries nodes that form your Gigamon
Visibility Platform.
IMPORTANT:The GigaVUE TASeries support network, tool, clustering, and stack port connections to
other GigaVUE nodes, including both GigaVUE HSeries nodes or GSeries (for example, a GigaVUE-
2404 node, a GigaVUE-HD8 node).
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GigaVUE TASeries Nodes
GigaVUE TASeries includes the following models:
• GigaVUE-TA40
• GigaVUE-TA100
• GigaVUE-TA100-CXP
• GigaVUE-TA200
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GigaVUE-
TA40
• 1RU Footprint
• 32 40Gb ports
• Optional patch or
breakout panel
support
• Cluster with H
Series nodes
GigaVUE-
TA100
• 1RU Footprint
• 32 100Gb/40Gb
ports
• Optional patch or
breakout panel
support
• Cluster with H
Series nodes
GigaVUE-
TA100-CXP
• 1RU Footprint
• 20 100Gb CXP
ports,
8 100Gb/40Gb
QSFP28 ports
GigaVUE-
TA200
• 2RU Footprint
• 64 100Gb/40Gb
ports
• Optional patch or
breakout panel
support
• Cluster with H
Series nodes
Air Flow Direction
The air flow direction is from the front of the GigaVUE chassis to the rear. The rear-mounted fans
pull air from the front to the back of the chassis. For environments with hot/cold aisles, install the
chassis so the intake air at the front of the chassis is cold.
Displaying Power and Voltage Information
The output of the following show commands display power information on a GigaVUE-TA10 node:
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•show chassis
•show environment type psu
•show environment type psu psu-detail [all | psu-id]
NOTE:To increase the i2c stability in a GigaVUE-TA10 node, the frequency of updating the
power supply module information is reduced. As a result, GigaVUE-TA10 PSU information
displayed in the CLI output is not real time.
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA40 Chassis
This section describes the physical layout of the GigaVUE-TA40 chassis, including a description of all
ports and connectors. The GigaVUE-TA40 chassis consists of a 1RU, rack-mountable, 19”-wide chassis
with management, network, and tool ports at the front and power connections at the rear. Figure 1:
The GigaVUE-TA40 Chassis shows the ports at the front of the GigaVUE-TA40 chassis. Refer to Table
1: GigaVUE-TA40 Ports for a description of each of the ports.
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Figure 1: The GigaVUE-TA40 Chassis
Port Description
Mgmt Use the Mgmt port for remote configuration of the GigaVUE-TA40 Traffic Aggregator over a
10/100/1000 Ethernet network.
Console Use the console port for local configuration of the GigaVUE-TA40 Traffic Aggregator over a serial
connection.
Table 1: GigaVUE-TA40 Ports
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Port Description
Ports q1..q32 GigaVUE-TA40 includes 32 40Gb ports (q1..q32). The 40Gb ports can be used as a 40Gb ingress
port, or, as a high-speed tool port for aggregated output to a matching 40Gb port on a GigaVUE
HSeries node.
From software version 5.5, GigaVUE-TA40 supports 4x10G breakout at port level. Port breakout
mode in GigaVUE-TA40 is configured as follows:
• 24 out of the 32 ports provide 4x10Gb breakout support. The first 12 ports and the last 12
ports provide support for breakout functionality (with 96 sub-ports operating as 10Gb
ports:)
Ports q1 to q12 and q21 to q32 support breakout functionality
Ports q13 to q20 do not support breakout functionality
• After breakout, sub-ports (breakout ports) are named as q1x1….q1x4, q2x1...q2x4 (similar
to other hardware platforms) to support the breakout functionality.
Transceivers For details about the supported transceivers and cable type, refer to the “GigaVUE-OS
Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix”.
Air Flow Direction
The air flow direction is from the front of the GigaVUE-TA40 chassis to the rear. The rear-mounted
fans pull air from the front to the back of the chassis. Install the chassis so the intake air at the front
of the chassis is cold.
AC and DC-Powered GigaVUE-TA40 Models
Gigamon provides both AC and DC-powered versions of the GigaVUE-TA40. Refer to Connecting -
48V DC Power Supplies on page 50.
Introducing the GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis
This section describes the physical layout of the GigaVUE-TA100 chassis, including a description of
all ports and connectors. The GigaVUE-TA100 chassis consists of a 1RU, rack-mountable, 19”-wide
chassis with management, network, and tool ports at the front and power connections and fans at
the rear. Figure 2: The GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis Front View shows the ports at the front of the
GigaVUE-TA100 chassis. Refer to Table 2: GigaVUE-TA100 Ports for a description of each of the
ports. Figure 3: The GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis Rear View shows the fan modules and power supply
units at the rear of the GigaVUE-TA100 chassis. Refer to Chassis Cooling on page 18 for information
on fans and temperature monitoring.
The GigaVUE-TA100 provides thirty-two ports, supporting high-density aggregation. Depending on
the transceiver, QSFP+ or QSFP28, the ports run at speeds of either 40Gb or 100Gb. With QSFP+
transceivers, a 40Gb port can be broken out into four 10Gb ports, called 4x10G mode.
The 100Gb/40Gb ports on GigaVUE-TA100 can be used as network, tool, hybrid, or stack-link ports.
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The GigaVUE-TA100 node in standalone mode must be running software version 4.6.01 or higher.
The GigaVUE-TA100 node in a cluster environment must be running software version 4.8 or higher.
Figure 2: The GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis Front View
Port Description
Mgmt Use the Mgmt port for remote configuration of the GigaVUE-TA100 Traffic Aggregator over a
10/100/1000 Ethernet network.
Console Use the console port for local configuration of the GigaVUE-TA100 Traffic Aggregator over a
serial connection.
USB Use the USB port to upgrade software on the GigaVUE-TA100 using a software image on an
external USB drive. Refer to Software Upgrade using USB Drive on page 23.
Table 2: GigaVUE-TA100 Ports
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Port Description
Ports c1..c32
or
c1x1..c1x4,
c2x1..c2x4,
c3x1..c3x4, ...
GigaVUE-TA100 includes 32 100Gb ports (c1..c32). These ports also support 40Gb speeds.
Any of the 100Gb ports on the GigaVUE-TA100 can operate at 40Gb with a QSFP+ transceiver.
With a QSFP+ transceiver, a port can be broken out into 4 10Gb ports, called subports. The
subports will all have the same speed (10Gb). Subports will have x1 to x4 appended to their port
ID, for example, 1/1/c2x1. For details, refer to Configure the Port Mode on page 39.
Once a 40Gb port has been configured to operate as four 10Gb ports, cable it to an optical patch
panel or breakout panel, such as PNL-M341, which takes a 40Gb QSFP+ input from the GigaVUE-
TA100 and splits it to four independent 10Gb output ports. Refer to Breakout Panels on page 40.
The ports accept 40Gb QSFP+ connections using QSFP+ SR or PLR4 transceivers.
The ports accept 40Gb BiDi transceivers (RX-only or full duplex). RX-only BiDi only supports RX
on network ports. Full Duplex (RX/TX) supports network and tool ports.
Transceivers For details about the supported transceivers and cable type, refer to the “GigaVUE-OS
Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix”.
Figure 3: The GigaVUE-TA100 Chassis Rear View
Chassis Cooling
The fans on the GigaVUE-TA100 run at 100% of their maximum speed on power up, then drop to
approximately 60% during normal operations. The temperatures of four components: transceivers,
exhaust, CPU, and switch CPU, are monitored. When a component crosses a pre-defined threshold,
the fan speed is adjusted dynamically, in increments of approximately 10%.
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An SNMP trap is sent when a component reaches the threshold for warning, alert, or critical
temperature conditions. Refer to Table 3: Component Temperature Thresholds and Actions for the
temperatures at which the warning, alert, and critical traps are sent and any additional action that
occurs at a threshold.
Table 3: Component Temperature Thresholds and Actions
Transceiver Temperature Exhaust
Temperature CPU Temperature Switch CPU Temperature
70ºC
Warning trap sent
85ºC
Warning trap sent
90ºC
Warning trap sent
105ºC
Warning trap sent
80ºC
Alert trap sent; Transceiver
power disabled
90ºC
Alert trap sent
95ºC
Alert trap sent
115ºC
Alert trap sent;
Switch CPU put in reset
95ºC
Critical trap sent
95ºC
Critical trap sent
100ºC
Critical trap sent
140ºC
Critical trap sent
The output of the following CLI command displays the current exhaust, CPU, and switch CPU
temperatures, as well as the intake temperature:
(config) show environment
...
Card 1 (TA100-C32):
Intake temperature : 40 C
Exhaust temperature : 45 C
CPU temperature : 32 C
Switch_CPU temperature : 54 C
The output of the following CLI command displays the transceiver temperature:
(config) show port params port-list 1/1/c1..c2
Parameter 1/1/c1 1/1/c2
====================== =============== ===============
...
SFP type: qsfp28 sr qsfp28 sr
...
SFP Power (1-2) (dBm): -40.00 -40.00 -40.00 -40.00
SFP Power (3-4) (dBm): -40.00 -40.00 -40.00 -40.00
SFP Power (5-6) (dBm): - - - -
SFP Power (7-8) (dBm): - - - -
SFP Power (9-10)(dBm): - - - -
SFP Temperature (C): 20.94 21.12
...
The output of the following CLI command displays the fan speed in RPM (the normal operational
speed is approximately 12000RPM; the maximum speed is approximately 19000RPM):
(config) show environment
...
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Fan tray 1 (FAN-TAC00):
1st fan : 12136 RPM
2nd fan : 12288 RPM
3rd fan : 12136 RPM
4th fan : 11988 RPM
...
Power LEDs
The power LEDs on the front of the chassis (PWR1 and PWR2) are as follows:
• Solid GREEN indicates that the power supply unit (PSU) has power and is operating normally
• Solid AMBER indicates a Power-On Self-Test (POST) is in progress
• Blinking AMBER indicates that the PSU is present but without power.
• Off indicates that the PSU is not inserted in the chassis.
System LED
The system LED on the front of the chassis is as follows:
• Off indicates no power
• Blinking GREEN indicates the node is booting or the system is in diagnostic mode
• Solid GREEN indicates normal operation
• Solid RED indicates a critical alarm
• Blinking RED indicates a non-critical alarm
Port Status LEDs
For each port, there are four (4) port status LEDs on the front of the chassis. At 40Gb and 100Gb
speeds, only the first LED operates as follows:
• AMBER indicates the port is administratively disabled
• GREEN indicates the link is operationally up
• Off indicates the link is operationally down
• Blinking GREEN indicates the port is operationally up and there is traffic flowing through the
port
The other three LEDs operate when ports are in breakout mode as follows:
• Off indicates the port is in non-breakout mode
• GREEN indicates the link is operationally up
• AMBER indicates the port is administratively disabled
Global Fan LED
The global fan LED on the front of the chassis is as follows:
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