Administrator Guide

How the LACP is Implemented on an Aggregator...........................................................................122
Uplink LAG................................................................................................................................... 122
Server-Facing LAGs..................................................................................................................... 122
LACP Modes.................................................................................................................................123
Auto-Configured LACP Timeout................................................................................................ 123
LACP Example................................................................................................................................... 124
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)...................................................................................... 125
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces.......................................................................125
Creating a Port Channel..............................................................................................................125
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel...........................................................................125
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel.......................................................................127
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.................................................... 128
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Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................... 129
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up for Uplink LAGs to be Active..................... 130
Optimizing Traffic Disruption Over LAG Interfaces On IOA Switches in VLT Mode.......................131
Preserving LAG and Port Channel Settings in Nonvolatile Storage.................................................131
Enabling the Verification of Member Links Utilization in a LAG Bundle..........................................131
Monitoring the Member Links of a LAG Bundle...............................................................................132
Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration.......................................................................... 133
12 Layer 2....................................................................................................................137
Managing the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................137
Clearing the MAC Address Entries.............................................................................................. 137
Displaying the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................138
Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming.................................................................................. 138
MAC Address Station Move.........................................................................................................139
MAC Move Optimization.............................................................................................................139
13 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)........................................................... 140
Overview........................................................................................................................................... 140
Protocol Data Units.....................................................................................................................140
Optional TLVs.................................................................................................................................... 142
Management TLVs.......................................................................................................................142
LLDP Operation.................................................................................................................................142
Viewing the LLDP Configuration...................................................................................................... 143
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.............................................................143
Clearing LLDP Counters................................................................................................................... 144
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................... 145
Relevant Management Objects........................................................................................................ 146
14 Port Monitoring...................................................................................................152