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Peer 2
OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/1)# no switchport
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/1)# exit
OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/2
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/2)# no switchport
OS10(conf-if-eth1/1/2)# exit
OS10(config)# vlt-domain 1
OS10(conf-vlt-1)# discovery-interface ethernet1/1/1-1/1/2
Configure the VLT MAC address
You can manually configure the VLT MAC address.
Configure the same VLT MAC address on both the VLT peer switches to avoid any unpredictable behavior during a VLT failover.
For example, when a unit is down or when the VLTi is reset. If you do not configure a VLT MAC address, the MAC address of
the primary peer is used as the VLT MAC address across all peers.
Use the vlt-mac mac-address to configure the MAC address in both the VLT peers.
Example configuration:
OS10(config)# vlt-domain 1
OS10(conf-vlt-1)# vlt-mac 00:00:00:00:00:02
NOTE: Dell EMC Networking recommends configuring the VLT MAC address manually on both the VLT peer switches. Use
the same MAC address on both peers.
While configuring a VLT MAC address, if the 8th bit of the MAC address is a 1, then the MAC address is considered to be a
multicast MAC address. There are locally defined MAC addresses. For these addresses, the second least significant bit in the
first byte must be a 1, which signifies a locally defined address.
The correct MAC addresses must have xxxxxx10 bits set in the first octet, such as x2, x6, xA, xE, and so on.
While manually configuring MAC addresses for VLT, make the 7th bit a 1 - to signify a locally assigned address - and the 8th bit a
0 - to signify a unicast address - which essentially means that you must use one of the following formulas.
● x2:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
● x6:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
● xA:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
● xE:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Configure the delay restore timer
When the secondary VLT node boots, it waits for a pre-configured amount of time (delay restore) to restore the VLT port
status. This delay enables VLT peers to complete the control data information exchange.
If the peer VLT device was up at the time the VLTi link failed, the system delays bringing up the VLT ports after reload or
peer-link restoration between the VLT peer switches.
When both the VLT peers are up and running, and if the VLTi fails with the VLT heartbeat up, the secondary peer brings down
the VLT ports. When the VLTi comes up, the secondary peer does not bring up its VLT ports immediately. The VLT ports are
brought up only after the VLT port restoration timer expires. The delay restore timer enables both VLT peers to synchronize the
control information with each other.
The default timer is 90 seconds. You can use the delay-restore seconds command to modify the duration of the timer.
Example:
OS10(config)# vlt-domain 1
OS10(conf-vlt-1)# delay-restore 100
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