Users Guide
Standalone System
You can connect a standalone system to a system that already has a PE to make it dual homed. In the following illustration, PE 1 is
connected to System A and System B is a standalone.
Figure 110. Standalone System and System with PE — Before setting up Dual Homing
To convert the above system into a dual homing setup, perform the following:
1 Repeat the steps 2 to 7 from Systems with Port Extender.
2 Change the uplink port connections of the PE, so that the uplink ports are connected to each of the VLT peers. In the above example,
the link connected to Te 0/1 in System A is disconnected and connected to Te 1/4 in System B.
3 Remove the disconnected interface (Te 0/1) from the conguration mode of PE 1 in System A. The conguration would be already
available in System A and needs to be removed.
PE CONFIGURATION (BATCH mode)
no cascade interface interface slot/port
Dell(conf-b-pe-1)# no cascade interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/1
4 Congure the cascade interface of the System B through the batch mode of System A and commit the conguration.
PE CONFIGURATION (BATCH mode)
cascade interface interface slot/port peer
Dell(conf-b-pe-1)# cascade interface TenGigabitEthernet 1/4 peer
Once the cascade interfaces are congured, the PE starts functioning in a dual homing setup as shown in the following diagram:
Port Extenders (PEs)
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