Concept Guide

Table Of Contents
Maximum Values in the Routing Table..................................................................................................................461
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only..............................................................................................461
Leaks from One Level to Another.........................................................................................................................463
Sample Configurations...................................................................................................................................................463
Chapter 25: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).............................................................466
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP.................................................................................................................466
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 466
LACP Modes...............................................................................................................................................................467
Configuring LACP Commands................................................................................................................................467
LACP Configuration Tasks............................................................................................................................................467
Creating a LAG.......................................................................................................................................................... 468
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic...................................................................................................... 468
Setting the LACP Long Timeout........................................................................................................................... 468
Monitoring and Debugging LACP..........................................................................................................................469
Shared LAG State Tracking..........................................................................................................................................469
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking............................................................................................................. 470
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking.........................................................................................471
LACP Basic Configuration Example............................................................................................................................472
Configure a LAG on ALPHA....................................................................................................................................472
Chapter 26: Layer 2................................................................................................................... 480
Manage the MAC Address Table................................................................................................................................ 480
Clearing the MAC Address Table.......................................................................................................................... 480
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries...................................................................................................... 480
Configuring a Static MAC Address........................................................................................................................481
Displaying the MAC Address Table........................................................................................................................481
MAC Learning Limit.........................................................................................................................................................481
Setting the MAC Learning Limit............................................................................................................................ 482
mac learning-limit Dynamic.....................................................................................................................................482
mac learning-limit mac-address-sticky................................................................................................................ 482
mac learning-limit station-move............................................................................................................................ 482
mac learning-limit no-station-move......................................................................................................................483
Learning Limit Violation Actions............................................................................................................................ 483
Setting Station Move Violation Actions...............................................................................................................483
Recovering from Learning Limit and Station Move Violations.......................................................................484
Disabling MAC Address Learning on the System.................................................................................................... 484
Enabling port security.................................................................................................................................................... 484
NIC Teaming.....................................................................................................................................................................485
Configure Redundant Pairs.......................................................................................................................................... 486
Far-End Failure Detection.............................................................................................................................................489
FEFD State Changes................................................................................................................................................489
Configuring FEFD......................................................................................................................................................490
Enabling FEFD on an Interface............................................................................................................................... 491
Debugging FEFD........................................................................................................................................................492
Chapter 27: Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).................................................................... 493
802.1AB (LLDP) Overview............................................................................................................................................493
Protocol Data Units.................................................................................................................................................. 493
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