API Guide

Table Of Contents
Configuring Authentication Passwords.................................................................................................................... 475
Setting the Overload Bit.............................................................................................................................................475
Debugging IS-IS........................................................................................................................................................... 476
IS-IS Metric Styles.............................................................................................................................................................477
Configure Metric Values................................................................................................................................................... 477
Maximum Values in the Routing Table......................................................................................................................477
Change the IS-IS Metric Style in One Level Only....................................................................................................477
Leaks from One Level to Another............................................................................................................................. 479
Sample Configurations......................................................................................................................................................479
27 iSCSI Optimization..................................................................................................................482
iSCSI Optimization Overview...........................................................................................................................................482
Default iSCSI Optimization Values.................................................................................................................................. 483
iSCSI Optimization Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................484
Configuring iSCSI Optimization....................................................................................................................................... 484
Displaying iSCSI Optimization Information.....................................................................................................................485
Enable and Disable iSCSI Optimization...........................................................................................................................487
Synchronizing iSCSI Sessions Learned on VLT-Lags with VLT-Peer........................................................................ 487
Monitoring iSCSI Traffic Flows........................................................................................................................................488
Information Monitored in iSCSI Traffic Flows............................................................................................................... 488
Detection and Auto-Configuration for Dell EqualLogic Arrays....................................................................................488
Configuring Detection and Ports for Dell Compellent Arrays......................................................................................489
Application of Quality of Service to iSCSI Traffic Flows..............................................................................................489
28 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)................................................................................490
Introduction to Dynamic LAGs and LACP......................................................................................................................490
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................490
LACP Modes................................................................................................................................................................490
Configuring LACP Commands....................................................................................................................................491
LACP Configuration Tasks................................................................................................................................................491
Creating a LAG............................................................................................................................................................. 491
Configuring the LAG Interfaces as Dynamic............................................................................................................492
Setting the LACP Long Timeout............................................................................................................................... 492
Monitoring and Debugging LACP..............................................................................................................................493
Shared LAG State Tracking............................................................................................................................................. 493
Configuring Shared LAG State Tracking..................................................................................................................494
Important Points about Shared LAG State Tracking..............................................................................................495
LACP Basic Configuration Example................................................................................................................................495
Configure a LAG on ALPHA.......................................................................................................................................495
29 Layer 2.................................................................................................................................. 504
Manage the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................................................504
Clearing the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................................................. 504
Setting the Aging Time for Dynamic Entries........................................................................................................... 504
Configuring a Static MAC Address...........................................................................................................................504
Displaying the MAC Address Table...........................................................................................................................505
MAC Learning Limit.......................................................................................................................................................... 505
Setting the MAC Learning Limit................................................................................................................................505
mac learning-limit Dynamic........................................................................................................................................ 506
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