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Configuring Switching Information
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4. Click Apply to send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take
effect immediately.
5. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to
the latest value of the switch.
The following table describes the non-configurable Keepalive Parameter field.
Table 77. VPC Keepalive Parameters
Field Description
Keepalive Operational Mode Displays the keepalive operational mode, which is
either enabled or disabled.
 Configure the Peer Link settings.
The peer link is a port channel that serves as the link between the two devices in the VPC
domain. Using a multimember port channel as the peer link helps protect it from link-level
failures.
The peer link is used:
• T
o carry the keepalive messages between the two peer devices.
• T
o carry the BPDUs and LACPDUs between the secondary and primary VPC devices.
• T
o carry control messages like VPC member port related events, FDB/MFDB entries, and
configuration details.
• T
o carry data traffic over the peer’s VPC member ports when the member ports of the
VPC interface are all down on the local device.
1. Select the Enable Modification option to enable port channel modification.
2. Use the Port Channel list to configure a LAG interface as the VPC peer link and
enable/disable the peer link protocol.
The peer link protocol is disabled by default. Select
None to remove the lag from a port channel.
3. Click Apply to send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take
ef
fect immediately.
4. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration on the screen and reset the data on the screen to
the latest value of the switch.
The following table describes the non-configurable Peer Link fields.