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OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide March 2015 xiii

Automatic Fabric Port Eligibility ..................................................................14-10

Automatic Fabric Discovery Window ...........................................................14-10

LACP Discovery ..................................................................................................14-10

SPB Discovery .....................................................................................................14-11

Dynamic Service Access Points (SAPs) ........................................................14-11

Loopback Detection .......................................................................................14-12

MVRP Discovery .................................................................................................14-12

IP Protocol Discovery ..........................................................................................14-13

Automatic IP Protocol Configuration ............................................................14-14

Saving the Configuration Discovered by Automatic Fabric ................................14-15

Automatic Fabric Discovery Examples ......................................................................14-17

Automatic Fabric Configured in the Network Core .............................................14-17

Manual Configuration of the Network Core for LACP, SPB, and MVRP ..........14-18

Automatic Fabric Process for Automatic IP Configuration .................................14-19

Automatic OSPF Configuration ....................................................................14-19

Automatic IS-IS Configuration .....................................................................14-19

Interaction with Other Features ...................................................................................14-21

System ..................................................................................................................14-21

LLDP ....................................................................................................................14-21

LACP ....................................................................................................................14-21

SPB .......................................................................................................................14-22

Virtual Chassis .....................................................................................................14-22

VRF ......................................................................................................................14-22

UNP Dynamic SAPs ............................................................................................14-22

Configuring Automatic Fabric ....................................................................................14-24

Enabling or Disabling Automatic Fabric .............................................................14-24

Configuring the Discovery Status for Specific Protocols ....................................14-25

Configuring the Discovery Interval ......................................................................14-25

Manually Starting the Discovery Process ............................................................14-26

Saving the Discovered Configuration ..................................................................14-26

Configuring the Default SPB SAP profile ...........................................................14-26

Displaying the Automatic Fabric Configuration .........................................................14-28

Chapter 15 Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP) ........................................................15-1

In This Chapter ..............................................................................................................15-1

NTP Specifications ........................................................................................................15-2

NTP Defaults Table .......................................................................................................15-2

NTP Quick Steps ...........................................................................................................15-3

NTP Overview ..............................................................................................................15-5

Stratum ...................................................................................................................15-6

Using NTP in a Network ........................................................................................15-6

Authentication ........................................................................................................15-8

Configuring NTP ...........................................................................................................15-9

Configuring the OmniSwitch as a Client ...............................................................15-9

NTP Servers .........................................................................................................15-10

Using Authentication ............................................................................................15-12