Users Guide

Configure Fibre Channel Interfaces................................................................................... 413
Enabling Fibre Channel Capability......................................................................................413
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces................................................................................414
Displaying Fibre Channel Information............................................................................... 414
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Operation.......................................................................417
Configuring the Fibre Channel Port Group in Passthrough Ethernet Mode............. 419
Displaying Fibre Channel Port Group Mode Information............................................. 420
21 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)......................................................................... 421
Protocol Overview................................................................................................................. 421
Ring Status.........................................................................................................................424
Multiple FRRP Rings......................................................................................................... 425
Important FRRP Points....................................................................................................426
Important FRRP Concepts..............................................................................................427
Implementing FRRP...............................................................................................................428
FRRP Configuration............................................................................................................... 429
Creating the FRRP Group............................................................................................... 429
Configuring the Control VLAN......................................................................................429
Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs............................................................. 431
Setting the FRRP Timers................................................................................................. 432
Clearing the FRRP Counters.......................................................................................... 432
Viewing the FRRP Configuration...................................................................................432
Viewing the FRRP Information...................................................................................... 433
Troubleshooting FRRP.......................................................................................................... 433
Configuration Checks..................................................................................................... 433
Sample Configuration and Topology................................................................................ 434
22 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)....................................................................436
Important Points to Remember..........................................................................................436
Configure GVRP......................................................................................................................437
Related Configuration Tasks..........................................................................................438
Enabling GVRP Globally........................................................................................................438
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface...............................................................................438
Configure GVRP Registration.............................................................................................. 439
Configure a GARP Timer...................................................................................................... 439
23 High Availability (HA).........................................................................................................441
High Availability on Stacks....................................................................................................441
Hitless Behavior...................................................................................................................... 441
Graceful Restart......................................................................................................................442
Software Resiliency................................................................................................................442
System Health Monitoring..............................................................................................442
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