Reference Guide

LACP Modes................................................................................................................................ 126
Auto-Configured LACP Timeout................................................................................................ 126
LACP Example....................................................................................................................................127
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)...................................................................................... 128
Configuration Tasks for Port Channel Interfaces...................................................................... 128
Creating a Port Channel..............................................................................................................128
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel...........................................................................128
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................................... 130
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.....................................................131
Adding or Removing a Port Channel from a VLAN....................................................................132
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................... 133
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up for Uplink LAGs to be Active..................... 133
Optimizing Traffic Disruption Over LAG Interfaces On IOA Switches in VLT Mode...................... 134
Preserving LAG and Port Channel Settings in Nonvolatile Storage................................................ 135
Enabling the Verification of Member Links Utilization in a LAG Bundle......................................... 135
Monitoring the Member Links of a LAG Bundle...............................................................................135
Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration..........................................................................136
11 Layer 2.................................................................................................................... 141
Managing the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................141
Clearing the MAC Address Entries.............................................................................................. 141
Displaying the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................142
Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming.................................................................................. 142
MAC Address Station Move.........................................................................................................143
MAC Move Optimization.............................................................................................................143
12 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)........................................................... 145
Overview............................................................................................................................................145
Protocol Data Units.....................................................................................................................145
Optional TLVs.................................................................................................................................... 147
Management TLVs.......................................................................................................................147
LLDP Operation................................................................................................................................. 147
Viewing the LLDP Configuration......................................................................................................148
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.............................................................148
Clearing LLDP Counters................................................................................................................... 150
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................... 150
Relevant Management Objects.........................................................................................................151
13 Port Monitoring...................................................................................................157
Configuring Port Monitoring.............................................................................................................157
Important Points to Remember........................................................................................................158
Port Monitoring................................................................................................................................. 159