User Manual

Configure Switching Information
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M6100, M5300, and M7100 Series Managed Switches
 To configure the peer detection settings:
1. Prepare your computer with a static IP address in the 169.254.100.0 subnet, for
example, 169.254.100.201.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from an Ethernet port on your computer to an Ethernet port on
the switch.
3. Launch a web browser.
4. Enter the IP address of the switch in the web browser address field.
The default IP address of the switch is 169.254.100.100.
The Login screen displays.
5. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
6. Click the Login button.
The web management interface menu displays.
7. Select Switching > MLAG > Basic > VPC Global Configuration.
The VPC Global Configuration screen displays.
8. Scroll down to the Peer Detection section.
9. Select the Peer Detection Mode option to Enable or Disable the Dual Control Plane
Detection Protocol (DCPDP).
The mode is disabled by default. This configuration is used to enable the detection of
peer VPC switches (and suppress state transitions out of the secondary state) in the
presence of peer link failure.
10. In the Peer IP Address field, enter the IP address of the peer VPC device.
This is the destination IP address in the DCPDP messages. The default value is 0.0.0.0.
11. Enter the local Source IP Address to be used by DCPDP.
The default value is 0.0.0.0.
12. Enter the local UDP Port number that is used to listen for peer DCPDP packets.