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AX Series Network Partition: Solution Guide [Basic] Second Edition
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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK PARTITION.............................................................................5
1.1 VIRTUALIZATION OF NETWORKS ......................................................................................................5
1.2 VRF AND PARTITIONS .....................................................................................................................6
1.3 COMBINED L2 NETWORKS ...............................................................................................................7
1.4 INTER-PARTITION COMMUNICATION AND SHARED NETWORKS ...........................................................10
2. REQUIRED CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT STATUS ............................................................ 11
2.1 REQUIRED CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................11
2.2 VRF SUPPORT STATUS ..................................................................................................................13
3. EXAMPLES OF IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMS WITH NETWORK PARTITION......... 15
3.1 NETWORK PARTITIONS IN AN FT NETWORK .....................................................................................15
3.1.1 Important points in the configuration .....................................................................................17
3.1.2 Example configuration..........................................................................................................18
3.2 NETWORK PARTITIONS IN A RING NETWORK ....................................................................................21
3.2.1 Important points in the configuration .....................................................................................23
3.2.2 Example configuration..........................................................................................................24
3.3 NETWORK PARTITION USING GSRP ................................................................................................27
3.3.1 Important points in the configuration .....................................................................................29
3.3.2 Example configuration..........................................................................................................30
3.4 CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR SHARED NETWORKS..........................................................................33
3.4.1 Important points in the configuration .....................................................................................34
3.4.2 Example configuration..........................................................................................................35
4. NETWORK PARTITION OPERATIONS ....................................................................................... 36
4.1 SYSTEM LOG ................................................................................................................................36
4.2 OPERATIONAL COMMANDS ............................................................................................................36
5. CAUTIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 39
APPENDIX: CONFIGURATION FILES.................................................................................................. 40