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58 Uplink Failure Detection (UFD)................................................................................................................ 984
Feature Description....................................................................................................................................................... 984
How Uplink Failure Detection Works...........................................................................................................................985
UFD and NIC Teaming...................................................................................................................................................986
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................... 986
Conguring Uplink Failure Detection........................................................................................................................... 987
Clearing a UFD-Disabled Interface.............................................................................................................................. 988
Displaying Uplink Failure Detection..............................................................................................................................989
Sample Conguration: Uplink Failure Detection..........................................................................................................991
59 Upgrade Procedures................................................................................................................................ 993
Get Help with Upgrades............................................................................................................................................... 993
60 Virtual LANs (VLANs)..............................................................................................................................994
Default VLAN.................................................................................................................................................................995
Port-Based VLANs........................................................................................................................................................995
VLANs and Port Tagging.............................................................................................................................................. 996
Conguration Task List..................................................................................................................................................996
Creating a Port-Based VLAN.................................................................................................................................996
Assigning Interfaces to a VLAN............................................................................................................................. 997
Moving Untagged Interfaces..................................................................................................................................998
Assigning an IP Address to a VLAN.......................................................................................................................999
Conguring Native VLANs........................................................................................................................................... 999
Enabling Null VLAN as the Default VLAN.................................................................................................................1000
61 Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)...................................................................................................................... 1001
Overview........................................................................................................................................................................1001
VLT Terminology.....................................................................................................................................................1004
Layer-2 Trac in VLT Domains.............................................................................................................................1005
Interspersed VLANs...............................................................................................................................................1006
VLT on Core Switches...........................................................................................................................................1006
Enhanced VLT.........................................................................................................................................................1007
Congure Virtual Link Trunking.................................................................................................................................. 1008
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................1008
Conguration Notes...............................................................................................................................................1009
Primary and Secondary VLT Peers....................................................................................................................... 1012
RSTP and VLT......................................................................................................................................................... 1012
VLT Bandwidth Monitoring....................................................................................................................................1013
VLT and Stacking.................................................................................................................................................... 1013
VLT and IGMP Snooping........................................................................................................................................1013
VLT IPv6...................................................................................................................................................................1013
VLT Port Delayed Restoration............................................................................................................................... 1014
PIM-Sparse Mode Support on VLT...................................................................................................................... 1014
VLT Routing ............................................................................................................................................................1016
Non-VLT ARP Sync................................................................................................................................................ 1019
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