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Maximum Values in the Routing Table................................................................................................................... 531
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only.................................................................................................531
Leaks from One Level to Another..........................................................................................................................532
Sample Congurations.................................................................................................................................................. 533
27 iSCSI Optimization...................................................................................................................................536
iSCSI Optimization Overview.......................................................................................................................................536
Default iSCSI Optimization Values...............................................................................................................................538
iSCSI Optimization Prerequisites................................................................................................................................. 539
Conguring iSCSI Optimization................................................................................................................................... 539
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information.................................................................................................................. 541
Enable and Disable iSCSI Optimization....................................................................................................................... 542
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer.......................................................................543
Monitoring iSCSI Trac Flows.....................................................................................................................................543
Information Monitored in iSCSI Trac Flows.............................................................................................................543
Detection and Auto-Conguration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays................................................................................. 544
Conguring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays...................................................................................544
Application of Quality of Service to iSCSI Trac Flows........................................................................................... 545
28 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).............................................................................................. 546
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP.................................................................................................................. 546
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 546
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................ 547
Conguring LACP Commands............................................................................................................................... 547
LACP Conguration Tasks............................................................................................................................................548
Creating a LAG.........................................................................................................................................................548
Conguring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic........................................................................................................548
Setting the LACP Long Timeout........................................................................................................................... 549
Monitoring and Debugging LACP..........................................................................................................................549
Shared LAG State Tracking..........................................................................................................................................550
Conguring Shared LAG State Tracking...............................................................................................................550
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking...........................................................................................552
LACP Basic Conguration Example............................................................................................................................ 552
Congure a LAG on ALPHA................................................................................................................................... 552
29 Layer 2.................................................................................................................................................... 560
Manage the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................................. 560
Clearing the MAC Address Table...........................................................................................................................560
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries........................................................................................................560
Conguring a Static MAC Address........................................................................................................................ 561
Displaying the MAC Address Table.........................................................................................................................561
MAC Learning Limit........................................................................................................................................................561
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................ 562
mac learning-limit Dynamic.................................................................................................................................... 562
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky................................................................................................................. 562
mac learning-limit station-move............................................................................................................................ 563
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