Users Guide

Table Of Contents
Overview.........................................................................................................................................................................933
VLT Terminology...................................................................................................................................................... 936
Layer-2 Trac in VLT Domains...............................................................................................................................937
Interspersed VLANs................................................................................................................................................ 938
VLT on Core Switches.............................................................................................................................................938
Enhanced VLT.......................................................................................................................................................... 939
Congure Virtual Link Trunking.................................................................................................................................... 940
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 940
Conguration Notes.................................................................................................................................................941
Primary and Secondary VLT Peers........................................................................................................................944
RSTP and VLT..........................................................................................................................................................945
VLT Bandwidth Monitoring.....................................................................................................................................945
VLT and Stacking.....................................................................................................................................................945
VLT and IGMP Snooping........................................................................................................................................ 945
VLT IPv6................................................................................................................................................................... 946
VLT Port Delayed Restoration................................................................................................................................946
PIM-Sparse Mode Support on VLT.......................................................................................................................946
VLT Routing .............................................................................................................................................................948
Non-VLT ARP Sync..................................................................................................................................................951
RSTP Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................952
Preventing Forwarding Loops in a VLT Domain................................................................................................... 952
Sample RSTP conguration................................................................................................................................... 952
Conguring VLT....................................................................................................................................................... 953
PVST+ Conguration.................................................................................................................................................... 963
Sample PVST+ Conguration.................................................................................................................................964
Peer Routing Conguration Example.......................................................................................................................... 964
Dell-1 Switch Conguration.................................................................................................................................... 965
Dell-2 Switch Conguration....................................................................................................................................969
R1 Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................972
Access Switch A1 Congurations and Verication...............................................................................................973
eVLT Conguration Example........................................................................................................................................ 974
eVLT Conguration Step Examples....................................................................................................................... 974
PIM-Sparse Mode Conguration Example................................................................................................................. 976
Verifying a VLT Conguration.......................................................................................................................................977
Additional VLT Sample Congurations........................................................................................................................980
Troubleshooting VLT......................................................................................................................................................982
Reconguring Stacked Switches as VLT....................................................................................................................983
Specifying VLT Nodes in a PVLAN..............................................................................................................................983
Association of VLTi as a Member of a PVLAN.....................................................................................................984
MAC Synchronization for VLT Nodes in a PVLAN.............................................................................................. 984
PVLAN Operations When One VLT Peer is Down.............................................................................................. 985
PVLAN Operations When a VLT Peer is Restarted.............................................................................................985
Interoperation of VLT Nodes in a PVLAN with ARP Requests..........................................................................985
Scenarios for VLAN Membership and MAC Synchronization With VLT Nodes in PVLAN............................ 985
Conguring a VLT VLAN or LAG in a PVLAN............................................................................................................ 987
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