Users Guide

Reconfiguring the Default VLT Settings (Optional) .........................................................................................1052
Connecting a VLT Domain to an Attached Access Device (Switch or Server).............................................1052
Configuring a VLT VLAN Peer-Down (Optional)...............................................................................................1053
Configuring Enhanced VLT (eVLT) (Optional).................................................................................................. 1054
VLT Sample Configuration....................................................................................................................................1056
eVLT Configuration Example......................................................................................................................................1059
eVLT Configuration Step Examples.....................................................................................................................1059
PIM-Sparse Mode Configuration Example................................................................................................................1061
Verifying a VLT Configuration.................................................................................................................................... 1062
Additional VLT Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................1065
Configuring Virtual Link Trunking (VLT Peer 1)Configuring Virtual Link Trunking (VLT Peer 2)Verifying
a Port-Channel Connection to a VLT Domain (From an Attached Access Switch).....................................1065
Troubleshooting VLT................................................................................................................................................... 1067
Reconfiguring Stacked Switches as VLT..................................................................................................................1068
Specifying VLT Nodes in a PVLAN............................................................................................................................1068
Association of VLTi as a Member of a PVLAN...................................................................................................1069
MAC Synchronization for VLT Nodes in a PVLAN............................................................................................1069
PVLAN Operations When One VLT Peer is Down.............................................................................................1070
PVLAN Operations When a VLT Peer is Restarted...........................................................................................1070
Interoperation of VLT Nodes in a PVLAN with ARP Requests........................................................................1070
Scenarios for VLAN Membership and MAC Synchronization With VLT Nodes in PVLAN...........................1071
Configuring a VLT VLAN or LAG in a PVLAN...........................................................................................................1072
Creating a VLT LAG or a VLT VLAN....................................................................................................................1072
Associating the VLT LAG or VLT VLAN in a PVLAN.........................................................................................1073
Proxy ARP Capability on VLT Peer Nodes................................................................................................................1074
Working of Proxy ARP for VLT Peer Nodes.......................................................................................................1074
VLT Nodes as Rendezvous Points for Multicast Resiliency................................................................................... 1075
Configuring VLAN-Stack over VLT........................................................................................................................... 1076
64 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP).........................................................................................1079
VRRP Overview............................................................................................................................................................1079
VRRP Benefits..............................................................................................................................................................1080
VRRP Implementation................................................................................................................................................. 1080
VRRP Configuration..................................................................................................................................................... 1081
Configuration Task List.......................................................................................................................................... 1081
Sample Configurations.................................................................................................................................................1091
VRRP for an IPv4 Configuration...........................................................................................................................1091
VRRP in a VRF Configuration...............................................................................................................................1095
65 Standards Compliance............................................................................................................................1100
IEEE Compliance...........................................................................................................................................................1100
RFC and I-D Compliance.............................................................................................................................................. 1101
General Internet Protocols..................................................................................................................................... 1101
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).......................................................................................................................... 1101
General IPv4 Protocols.......................................................................................................................................... 1102
General IPv6 Protocols.......................................................................................................................................... 1103
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