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Example of Deriving the Interface Index Number....................................................................................................801
MIB Objects for Viewing the System Image on Flash Partitions................................................................... 801
Monitoring BGP sessions via SNMP........................................................................................................................... 801
Monitor Port-Channels..................................................................................................................................................803
Enabling an SNMP Agent to Notify Syslog Server Failure................................................................................... 804
Troubleshooting SNMP Operation............................................................................................................................. 805
Transceiver Monitoring................................................................................................................................................. 805
Configuring SNMP context name............................................................................................................................... 807
Chapter 49: Stacking.................................................................................................................808
Stacking Overview..........................................................................................................................................................808
Stack Management Roles....................................................................................................................................... 808
Stack Master Election..............................................................................................................................................809
Virtual IP......................................................................................................................................................................809
Failover Roles.............................................................................................................................................................809
MAC Addressing on Stacks.................................................................................................................................... 809
Stacking LAG............................................................................................................................................................... 811
Supported Stacking Topologies.............................................................................................................................. 811
High Availability on Stacks....................................................................................................................................... 811
Management Access on Stacks............................................................................................................................. 812
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................813
Stacking Installation Tasks............................................................................................................................................ 813
Create a Stack............................................................................................................................................................813
Add Units to an Existing Stack............................................................................................................................... 817
Split a Stack................................................................................................................................................................ 819
Stacking Configuration Tasks....................................................................................................................................... 819
Assigning Unit Numbers to Units in an Stack..................................................................................................... 819
Creating a Virtual Stack Unit on a Stack.............................................................................................................820
Displaying Information about a Stack...................................................................................................................820
Influencing Management Unit Selection on a Stack..........................................................................................821
Managing Redundancy on a Stack........................................................................................................................822
Resetting a Unit on a Stack....................................................................................................................................822
Verify a Stack Configuration........................................................................................................................................ 822
Displaying the Status of Stacking Ports..............................................................................................................822
Remove Units or Front End Ports from a Stack..................................................................................................... 824
Removing a Unit from a Stack...............................................................................................................................824
Removing Front End Port Stacking......................................................................................................................825
Troubleshoot a Stack.....................................................................................................................................................825
Recover from Stack Link Flaps..............................................................................................................................825
Recover from a Card Problem State on a Stack...............................................................................................826
Chapter 50: Storm Control........................................................................................................ 827
Configure Storm Control...............................................................................................................................................827
Configuring Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode........................................................................................ 827
Configuring Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode.............................................................................828
Chapter 51: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)................................................................................ 829
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................829
Configure Spanning Tree.............................................................................................................................................. 829
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