Administrator Guide

11 Link Aggregation.............................................................................................122
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 Auto LAG.......................................................................................................................130
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up for Uplink LAGs to be Active......................131
Optimizing Traffic Disruption Over LAG Interfaces On IOA Switches in VLT Mode...................... 133
Preserving LAG and Port Channel Settings in Nonvolatile Storage................................................ 133
Enabling the Verification of Member Links Utilization in a LAG Bundle......................................... 133
Monitoring the Member Links of a LAG Bundle...............................................................................133
Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration..........................................................................134
12 Layer 2...............................................................................................................139
Managing the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................139
Clearing the MAC Address Entries..............................................................................................139
Displaying the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................140
Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming.................................................................................. 140
MAC Address Station Move......................................................................................................... 141
MAC Move Optimization.............................................................................................................142
13 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).........................................................143
Overview............................................................................................................................................143
Protocol Data Units.....................................................................................................................143
Optional TLVs.................................................................................................................................... 145
Management TLVs.......................................................................................................................145
LLDP Operation.................................................................................................................................145
Viewing the LLDP Configuration...................................................................................................... 146
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.............................................................146
Clearing LLDP Counters....................................................................................................................147
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................... 148