Users Guide

FCoE Transit Conguration Example.......................................................................................................................... 296
16 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................298
Flex Hash Capability Overview.................................................................................................................................... 298
Conguring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................298
Conguring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover...................................................................................................299
Optimizing the Boot Time.............................................................................................................................................299
Booting Process When Optimized Boot Time Mechanism is Enabled..............................................................299
Guidelines for Conguring Optimized Booting Mechanism................................................................................300
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States...........................................................................301
LACP and IPv4 Routing...........................................................................................................................................301
LACP and IPv6 Routing...........................................................................................................................................301
BGP Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................. 302
Cold Boot Caused by Power Cycling the System................................................................................................302
Unexpected Reload of the System........................................................................................................................302
Software Upgrade................................................................................................................................................... 302
LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................................302
Changes to BGP Multipath.................................................................................................................................... 303
Delayed Installation of ECMP Routes Into BGP...................................................................................................303
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................... 303
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces...................................................................................... 304
17 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 305
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................305
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 306
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 306
Important FRRP Points........................................................................................................................................... 307
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................308
Implementing FRRP...................................................................................................................................................... 309
FRRP Conguration...................................................................................................................................................... 309
Creating the FRRP Group...................................................................................................................................... 309
Conguring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................309
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs........................................................................................................ 311
Setting the FRRP Timers.........................................................................................................................................312
Clearing the FRRP Counters...................................................................................................................................312
Viewing the FRRP Conguration............................................................................................................................312
Viewing the FRRP Information............................................................................................................................... 312
Troubleshooting FRRP................................................................................................................................................... 313
Conguration Checks...............................................................................................................................................313
Sample Conguration and Topology.............................................................................................................................313
18 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP).............................................................................................. 315
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................... 315
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................. 316
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................316
Enabling GVRP Globally.................................................................................................................................................316
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface.........................................................................................................................317
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