Configuration manual
Viewing the LLDP Configuration................................................................................................ 241
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.......................................................242
Configuring LLDPDU Intervals....................................................................................................243
Configuring a Time to Live......................................................................................................... 243
Debugging LLDP.........................................................................................................................244
Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)................................................................................................................245
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 246
VLT Terminology.........................................................................................................................247
Configure Virtual Link Trunking..................................................................................................247
Verifying a VLT Configuration.....................................................................................................252
Additional VLT Sample Configurations.......................................................................................255
Troubleshooting VLT...................................................................................................................257
22 FC Flex IO Modules........................................................................................ 259
FC Flex IO Modules...........................................................................................................................259
Understanding and Working of the FC Flex IO Modules.................................................................259
FC Flex IO Modules Overview.................................................................................................... 259
FC Flex IO Module Capabilities and Operations........................................................................ 261
Guidelines for Working with FC Flex IO Modules...................................................................... 261
Processing of Data Traffic.......................................................................................................... 263
Installing and Configuring the Switch........................................................................................264
Interconnectivity of FC Flex IO Modules with Cisco MDS Switches.........................................267
Fibre Channel over Ethernet for FC Flex IO Modules..................................................................... 268
NPIV Proxy Gateway for FC Flex IO Modules..................................................................................269
NPIV Proxy Gateway Configuration on FC Flex IO Modules ................................................... 269
NPIV Proxy Gateway Operations and Capabilities.................................................................... 269
Configuring an NPIV Proxy Gateway..........................................................................................273
Displaying NPIV Proxy Gateway Information............................................................................ 280
23 Upgrade Procedures......................................................................................286
Get Help with Upgrades................................................................................................................... 286
24 Debugging and Diagnostics.........................................................................287
Debugging Aggregator Operation................................................................................................... 287
All interfaces on the Aggregator are operationally down......................................................... 287
Broadcast, unknown multicast, and DLF packets switched at a very low rate........................ 288
Flooded packets on all VLANs are received on a server........................................................... 288
Software show Commands..............................................................................................................289
Offline Diagnostics............................................................................................................................291
Important Points to Remember..................................................................................................291
Running Offline Diagnostics....................................................................................................... 291
Trace Logs.........................................................................................................................................292