Users Guide
10 Isolated Networks for Aggregators.............................................................134
Configuring and Verifying Isolated Network Settings..................................................................... 134
11 Link Aggregation.............................................................................................135
Supported Modes.............................................................................................................................. 135
How the LACP is Implemented on an Aggregator...........................................................................135
Uplink LAG................................................................................................................................... 136
Server-Facing LAGs.....................................................................................................................136
LACP Modes................................................................................................................................ 136
Auto-Configured LACP Timeout................................................................................................ 137
LACP Example................................................................................................................................... 138
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)...................................................................................... 139
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.......................................................................139
Creating a Port Channel..............................................................................................................139
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel.......................................................................... 140
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................................... 142
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.................................................... 142
Configuring VLAN Tags for Member Interfaces.........................................................................143
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel.........................................................................................144
Configuring Auto LAG.......................................................................................................................144
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up for Uplink LAGs to be Active..................... 146
Optimizing Traffic Disruption Over LAG Interfaces On IOA Switches in VLT Mode...................... 147
Preserving LAG and Port Channel Settings in Nonvolatile Storage................................................ 147
Enabling the LACP link fallback member......................................................................................... 147
Enabling the Verification of Member Links Utilization in a LAG Bundle......................................... 148
Monitoring the Member Links of a LAG Bundle...............................................................................148
Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration..........................................................................149
Multiple Uplink LAGs......................................................................................................................... 153
Multiple Uplink LAGs with 10G Member Ports.................................................................................153
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Multiple Uplink LAGs with 40G Member Ports................................................................................ 154
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12 Layer 2...............................................................................................................157
Supported Modes.............................................................................................................................. 157
Managing the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................157
Clearing the MAC Address Entries.............................................................................................. 157
Displaying the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................158
Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming.................................................................................. 158
MAC Address Station Move.........................................................................................................159
MAC Move Optimization.............................................................................................................160
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