User guide

Configuring Automatic Fabric Automatic Fabric Overview
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Switch Management Guide March 2015 page 14-9
process will start.
The automatic IP protocols discovery process runs at the same time as the discovery processes for LACP,
SPB, and MVRP. See
“IP Protocol Discovery” on page 14-13 for more information.
The following diagram illustrates the Automatic Fabric (AF) discovery and configuration process:
AF enabled?
AF Starts
Yes
No
No
AF is
disabled
Yes
STP changed to
Flat mode
MVRP is globally enabled
if any eligible port exists
No
Yes
LACP
config.Wait 20 seconds.
Success?
Yes
LACP linkagg
created
No
Yes
AF enables MVRP
and stops on this
port/linkagg
No
At least one SPB
adjacency UP?
Yes
No
No
Yes
UNP and LBD
config removed
No
Yes
Port is marked
as AF eligible
Yes
No
AF manually
enabled?
Is Discovery Interval
non-zero OR rcvd proprietary TLV
OR rcvd LACP PDU
Port eligible
(no active SPB/UNP/MVRP
configs)?
AF stops on this
port/linkagg
SPB config
applied. Wait for 4xHello.
Success?
AF enables LBD
and stops on this
port/linkagg
MVRP is enabled.
Wait 20 seconds. Any VLANs
registered?
AF stops on this
port/linkagg
AF stops on this
port/linkagg
SPB config
removed and UNP
is applied. Wait 20
seconds.
Success?.
OR link flap?