User Manual

Creating a Port Channel.............................................................................................................. 121
Adding a Physical Interface to a Port Channel........................................................................... 121
Reassigning an Interface to a New Port Channel...................................................................... 123
Configuring the Minimum Oper Up Links in a Port Channel.................................................... 124
Configuring VLAN Tags for Member Interfaces.........................................................................124
Deleting or Disabling a Port Channel......................................................................................... 125
Configuring Auto LAG.......................................................................................................................125
Configuring the Minimum Number of Links to be Up for Uplink LAGs to be Active......................127
Optimizing Traffic Disruption Over LAG Interfaces On IOA Switches in VLT Mode...................... 128
Preserving LAG and Port Channel Settings in Nonvolatile Storage................................................ 129
Enabling the Verification of Member Links Utilization in a LAG Bundle......................................... 129
Monitoring the Member Links of a LAG Bundle...............................................................................129
Verifying LACP Operation and LAG Configuration..........................................................................130
11 Layer 2...............................................................................................................133
Managing the MAC Address Table....................................................................................................133
Clearing the MAC Address Entries.............................................................................................. 133
Displaying the MAC Address Table.............................................................................................134
Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming.................................................................................. 134
MAC Address Station Move.........................................................................................................135
MAC Move Optimization.............................................................................................................136
12 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).........................................................137
Protocol Data Units........................................................................................................................... 137
Optional TLVs....................................................................................................................................138
Management TLVs.............................................................................................................................139
Organizationally Specific TLVs....................................................................................................139
IEEE Organizationally Specific TLVs................................................................................................. 139
LLDP-MED Capabilities TLV.............................................................................................................. 141
LLDP-MED Network Policies TLV.....................................................................................................142
Extended Power via MDI TLV............................................................................................................143
LLDP Operation.................................................................................................................................144
Viewing the LLDP Configuration...................................................................................................... 144
Viewing Information Advertised by Adjacent LLDP Agents.............................................................145
Clearing LLDP Counters................................................................................................................... 146
Debugging LLDP............................................................................................................................... 146
Relevant Management Objects.........................................................................................................147
13 Port Monitoring...............................................................................................153
Configuring Port Monitoring.............................................................................................................153
Important Points to Remember........................................................................................................154
Port Monitoring................................................................................................................................. 155