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121| Network Configuration Parameters Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.5.x| User Guide
l A Layer-2 tunnel can only be part of one tunnel group.
l A Dell Layer-2 tunnel-group is not interoperable with other vendors.
l You must set up Layer-2 tunnel groups between Dell devices only.
Configuring a Layer-2 or Layer-3 Tunnel Group Using the CLI
To configure a Layer-2 or Layer-3 tunnel group using the CLI:
(Controller-1) (config) #tunnel-group <tunnel_group_name>
(Controller-1) (config-tunnel-group)#mode {l2|l3}
(Controller-1)(config-tunnel-group)#tunnel <tunnel-id>
Example Configuration
The following is a sample configuration:
(Controller-1) (config) #tunnel-group branch_1
(Controller-1) (config-tunnel-group)#mode l2
Enabling Preemption
Execute the following command to enable preemption:
(Controller-1)(config-tunnel-group)#preemptive-failover
Viewing Operational Status
To view the operational status of all the tunnel groups and their members, issue the following command:
(Controller-1) #show tunnel-group
The following is the sample output of the show tunnel-group command:
(Controller-1) #show tunnel-group
Tunnel-Group Table Entries
--------------------------
Tunnel Group Mode Tunnel Group Id Preemptive Failover Active Tunnel Id Tunnel Members
------------ ---- --------------- -------------------- ---------------- --------------
branch_1 L2 16385 enabled 1 10 11
Viewing Active and Member Tunnels
To view the active member tunnel and all the member tunnels of the respective tunnel-group, issue the
following command:
(Controller-1) #show datapath tunnel-group
Following is the sample output of the show datapath tunnel-group command:
(host) #show datapath tunnel-group
Datapath Tunnel-Group Table Entries
-----------------------------------
Tunnel-Group Active Tunnel Members
------------ ------------- -------------------
16385 10 10 11
Viewing the Standby Member Tunnels
To view the standby member tunnels of the tunnel-group, issue the following command:
(host) #show datapath tunnel
The following is sample output of the show datapath tunnel command:
(host) #show datapath tunnel