API Guide

Table Of Contents
Chapter 24: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)..............................................................412
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP..................................................................................................................412
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................412
LACP Modes............................................................................................................................................................... 413
Configuring LACP Commands................................................................................................................................ 413
LACP Configuration Tasks.............................................................................................................................................413
Creating a LAG........................................................................................................................................................... 414
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic....................................................................................................... 414
Setting the LACP Long Timeout............................................................................................................................ 414
Monitoring and Debugging LACP...........................................................................................................................415
Shared LAG State Tracking.......................................................................................................................................... 415
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking..............................................................................................................416
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking.........................................................................................417
LACP Basic Configuration Example.............................................................................................................................418
Configure a LAG on ALPHA.................................................................................................................................... 418
Chapter 25: Layer 2................................................................................................................... 426
Manage the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................................ 426
Clearing the MAC Address Table.......................................................................................................................... 426
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries...................................................................................................... 426
Configuring a Static MAC Address....................................................................................................................... 427
Displaying the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................................... 427
MAC Learning Limit........................................................................................................................................................ 427
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................ 428
mac learning-limit Dynamic..................................................................................................................................... 428
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky................................................................................................................ 428
mac learning-limit station-move............................................................................................................................ 428
mac learning-limit no-station-move......................................................................................................................429
Learning Limit Violation Actions............................................................................................................................ 429
Setting Station Move Violation Actions...............................................................................................................429
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations.......................................................................430
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System.............................................................................................. 430
Enabling port security.............................................................................................................................................. 430
NIC Teaming..................................................................................................................................................................... 431
Configure Redundant Pairs...........................................................................................................................................432
Far-End Failure Detection.............................................................................................................................................435
FEFD State Changes................................................................................................................................................435
Configuring FEFD......................................................................................................................................................436
Enabling FEFD on an Interface...............................................................................................................................437
Debugging FEFD........................................................................................................................................................438
Chapter 26: Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).................................................................... 439
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview............................................................................................................................................439
Protocol Data Units.................................................................................................................................................. 439
Optional TLVs................................................................................................................................................................... 441
Management TLVs.....................................................................................................................................................441
TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) Overview............................................................................................................................... 442
TIA Organizationally Specific TLVs....................................................................................................................... 443
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