Huawei:VRP

Versatile Routing Platform for Huawei network devices.

• https://random-it-blog.de/huawei/huawei-cloudengine-s5735-base-configuration/

Basics

Connecting via Console [Windows]

1. Plug a Console cable into the Cisco switch and connect the cable to your laptop/whatever. Best type of cable to use is USB to Console;
2. Check Windows "Device Manager" - "Ports (COM & LPT)" to view what COM port is in use;
3. Use a Serial client (such as Putty) to connect to the switch by filling in the correct COM port;
4. In the opened CLI, you may have to press Enter to see the first CLI output.

You may have to modify the Serial interface settings in your Serial client depending on the switch you're connecting with.

https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100137934/f86aae6a/logging-in-through-a-console-port
Cloud Engine switches/routers need:
- 9600 baud
- 8 data bits
- 1 stop bit
- no parity
- no flow control

Commandline

• https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1000178166/c1bb51ce/entering-command-views

# Quit the current view or quit the session if in User view
quit

# Enter System view from User view mode to perform switch configuration
system-view

# Enter Interface view for interface 10GE1/0/40
interface 10GE1/0/40

# Enter user view mode from any other mode
return

# Shutdown a port
shutdown

# Bring up a shutdown interface
undo shutdown

# Use the "run" command to execute a User view command within System view mode
run display version

# Display the configuration of the current view (can be used in any view, including Interface view)
display this

# Enter diagnose view from system-view [DANGER]
diagnose

# Use "?" to list all available commands in any EXEC mode
?

# Also use the "?" key to show available parameters to any command
display current-configuration ?

Use the TAB key for command auto-completion when you have typed in sufficient keys.

Use the UP and DOWN keys to 'scroll' through any previous commands you've executed.

Ctrl + W = Delete word on the left
Alt  + D = Delete word on the right
Ctrl + U = Delete the entire line you've typed

Checks

Common

# Show basic system information (User view)
display version

# Show the time
display clock

# Display latest 10 commands entered during current session
display history-command

# Display security risks and recommended actions
display security risk

# Display all MAC addresses traversing Eth-Trunk27
display mac-address int Eth-Trunk27

# Display found IP-addresses associated with their MAC addresses
display arp

Hardware

# Display hardware modules and current status
display health

Configuration

# Show the switches' current configuration
display current-configuration

# Show more of switches' current configuration
display current-configuration all

# Show the configuration that will be used for the next reboot
display saved-configuration

# Compare the saved configuration to the current configuration (User view)
compare configuration

# Show the current configuration for interface 10GE1/0/1
display current-configuration interface 10GE1/0/1

# Display all interface configurations
display current-configuration interface

Logs

# Display logs
display logbuffer

# Display logs starting from a specific date
display logbuffer starttime 2023/10/02,10:27:00

# Display logs for a specific log severity level
display logbuffer level 4

# Display 10 logs
display logbuffer size 10

# Combine parameters to filter for logs
display logbuffer level 4 size 10

Stack

# Display basic stack configuration
display stack

# Display stack configuration of any operational domains
display stack configuration

# Display stack configuration of all domain (all member ports)
display stack configuration all

# Display errors and issues relating to stack merging
display stack troubleshooting

Network

# Ping IP 8.8.8.8
ping 8.8.8.8

# Ping an IP using the MGMT vpn-instance
ping -vpn-instance MGMT 192.168.20.120

VLANs

# Display all VLANs and the interfaces they're used on
display vlan

# Show all defined VLANs
display vlan summary

Interfaces

# Show shorthand summary of switchport-state, down/up status, utilization and errors
display interface brief

# Show detailed interface information such as input/output packets, CRC errors, discards and more
display interface

# Display detailed information for interface 10GE1/0/48 such as input output, CRC errors, discards and more
display interface 10GE1/0/48

# Show brief interface information and status for all Ethernet interface
display interface Ethernet brief

# Show the recovery status of an interface in an error/down state
display error-down recovery

# Show counter information for all interfaces
display counters

# Show counters for a specific interface
display counters interface 10GE1/0/20

# Show an interfaces' configuration, but also include default configurations (INTERFACE VIEW)
display current-configuration interface 10GE1/0/11 include-default

# Display interfaces which are members of eth-trunk 44
display eth-trunk membership 44

Configuration

Common

# Save the switches' configuration (user view)
save

# Change the system name to sw02
sysname sw02

# Configure the switches' domain
dns domain brammerloo.nl

# Configure Dutch time-zone
clock timezone CEST add 01:00:00
clock daylight-saving-time CEST repeating 02:00 last Sun Mar 02:00 last Sun Oct 01:00

# Disable logs, traps and debugs from being output directly to your terminal
undo terminal monitor

Banner

header login information %
*************************************************************\
*========================= COMPANY  =========================*\
*                                                            *\
*                UNAUTHORISED ACCESS PROHIBITED !            *\
*                                                            *\
*                                                            *\
**************************************************************%

Network

VLAN creation

# Create vlan 101 and name it Hotcakes
vlan 101
name Hotcakes

# Create multiple VLANs and VLAN ranges
vlan batch 102 103 103 105 200 to 210 315

Spanning Tree

# Make a switch root bridge for VLAN 27
stp vlan 27 root

# Make a switch secondary in case the root bridge fails for VLAN 27
stp vlan 27 secondary

Interfaces

https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1000060766/3a410bc/how-do-i-configure-the-link-type-of-an-interface

# Save an interfaces' configuration
commit

# Clear the configuration for interface 10GE1/0/48
clear configuration interface 10GE1/0/48

# Select interface range 10GE1/0/33 to 10GE1/0/48
interface range 10GE1/0/33 to 10GE1/0/48

MGMT VLAN

https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100137939/a3112b12/configuring-meth-management-interface-attributes

interface MEth0/0/0
 description Core: TheConnectedDevice01 FastEthernet0/0 [xxxMbit] {CIRCUIT-ID} (Put any note in here, for example a PROVIDER and PROVIDER-CID)
 ip address 192.168.99.11 255.255.255.0
 port link-type access
 port default vlan 99

Switch-stack

• https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100137947/cb36698d/example-for-establishing-a-stack-of-two-switches-connecting-cables-and-then-configuring-software
• https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/tr/doc/EDOC1000060766/e9dd7d04/how-do-i-troubleshoot-a-stack-setup-failure

• Prerequisite: Clear configuration for offline interfaces in any stack-port. They may cause conflicts

sw1

Define stack domain, membership status and priority (higher = more primary)

stack
stack member 1 priority 150
stack member 1 domain 10
quit
commit

Shutdown the stack-ports. Value left of the / is the stack ID of your switch

interface stack-port 1/1
shutdown

interface stack-port 1/2
shutdown

Associate physical interfaces with the stack

interface 10GE1/0/47
 description Core: sw2 10GE1/0/47 [10Gbps]
 port mode stack
 stack-port 1/1

interface 10GE1/0/48
 description Core: sw2 10GE1/0/48 [10Gbps]
 port mode stack
 stack-port 1/2

On the primary (sw1) bring up the switchports in use for stacking in sw2

interface 10GE2/0/47
undo shutdown

interface 10GE2/0/48
undo shutdown

Commit the changes, save config and reboot!

commit
return
save
reboot

sw2

Define stack domainID , membership status and priority (higher = more primary).
Turn member ID from default of 1 into 2. Inherit config of the master as soon as a stack is formed.

stack
stack member 1 priority 140
stack member 1 domain 10
stack member 1 renumber 2 inherit-config
quit
commit

Associate physical interfaces with the stack.

interface 10GE2/0/47
 description Core: sw1 10GE1/0/47 [10Gbps]
 port mode stack
 stack-port 2/1

interface 10GE2/0/48
 description Core: sw1 10GE1/0/48 [10Gbps]
 port mode stack
 stack-port 2/2

commit
return
save
reboot

On boot you should see something like:

Initializing stack ........................................... DONE
Stack member ID .............................................. 2
Stack domain ID .............................................. 10
Stack priority ............................................... 120
Default MAC .................................................. xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Competing with other devices in the stack .................... DONE
Stack role ................................................... MASTER

sw1/sw2

After sw2 reboot, connect the cables between the physical interfaces of sw1 & sw2.
Bring up the shutdown stack-ports on sw1.

interface stack-port 1/1
undo shutdown

interface stack-port 1/2
undo shutdown

The merge-process will begin causing sw2 to reboot.