Administrator Guide

Supported Modes...................................................................................................................526
How the LACP is Implemented on an Aggregator..........................................................527
Uplink LAG..........................................................................................................................527
Server-Facing LAGs..........................................................................................................527
LACP Modes...................................................................................................................... 528
Auto-Configured LACP Timeout.................................................................................. 528
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).......................................................................528
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces......................................................528
Creating a Port Channel................................................................................................. 529
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................... 529
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................... 531
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel..................................532
Configuring VLAN Tags for Member Interfaces.........................................................533
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel...........................................................................533
Configuring Auto LAG...........................................................................................................534
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up for Uplink LAGs to be
Active........................................................................................................................................ 536
Optimizing Traffic Disruption Over LAG Interfaces On IOA Switches in VLT
Mode......................................................................................................................................... 537
Preserving LAG and Port Channel Settings in Nonvolatile Storage.............................537
Enabling the LACP link fallback member.......................................................................... 537
Enabling the Verification of Member Links Utilization in a LAG Bundle.....................538
Monitoring the Member Links of a LAG Bundle.............................................................. 538
Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration......................................................... 539
Multiple Uplink LAGs with 10G Member Ports.................................................................542
32 Layer 2..................................................................................................................................544
Supported Modes...................................................................................................................544
Managing the MAC Address Table..................................................................................... 544
Clearing the MAC Address Entries................................................................................544
Displaying the MAC Address Table...............................................................................545
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System.......................................................545
Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming.................................................................. 546
MAC Address Station Move............................................................................................ 547
MAC Move Optimization................................................................................................ 548
33 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)............................................................................549
Supported Modes...................................................................................................................549
Protocol Data Units............................................................................................................... 550
Configure LLDP.......................................................................................................................551
Related Configuration Tasks.......................................................................................... 551
Important Points to Remember.....................................................................................551
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