Administrator Guide

Supported Features....................................................................................................................................................... 767
Dual Homing................................................................................................................................................................... 768
Conguration Terminal Batch Mode......................................................................................................................769
Setting up Dual Homing.......................................................................................................................................... 769
Upgrading to OS 9.10(0.0).......................................................................................................................................774
Upgrading from OS 9.10(0.0)..................................................................................................................................779
Supported Features on Dual Homing..................................................................................................................... 781
CLIs Supported on Primary VLT Node.................................................................................................................. 782
42 Port Extender (PE) Stacking................................................................................................................... 783
Stack Management Roles.............................................................................................................................................783
Stack Master Election................................................................................................................................................... 784
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................784
PE Stack Conguration.................................................................................................................................................785
Conguring a PE Stack........................................................................................................................................... 785
Adding a Unit to an Existing PE Stack...................................................................................................................787
Renumbering a Stack Unit...................................................................................................................................... 787
Prioritizing Stack Units............................................................................................................................................788
Managing PE Stack Redundancy...........................................................................................................................788
Removing a Unit from a PE Stack......................................................................................................................... 789
Verifying a PE Stack Master and Standby............................................................................................................790
Displaying PE Stack Information............................................................................................................................ 790
Conguring the Unused PE Uplink Ports as Front-End Ports..................................................................................792
Conguring Uplink Ports as Access Ports............................................................................................................ 794
Reverting the Access Port to Uplink Port............................................................................................................ 795
Locating the Port Extender ......................................................................................................................................... 795
Troubleshooting a PE Stack..........................................................................................................................................796
Diagnosing an Error Condition................................................................................................................................796
Using PE Console Commands................................................................................................................................796
Splitting a Daisy-Chained PE Stack.......................................................................................................................796
43 Port Monitoring........................................................................................................................................797
Port Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................................. 797
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................798
Examples of Port Monitoring..................................................................................................................................798
Conguring Port Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................799
Remote Port Mirroring...................................................................................................................................................801
Remote Port Mirroring Example............................................................................................................................ 802
Conguring Remote Port Mirroring.......................................................................................................................802
Displaying a Remote-Port Mirroring Conguration............................................................................................. 804
Conguring Remote Port Monitoring....................................................................................................................804
Encapsulated Remote-Port Monitoring...................................................................................................................... 807
Port Monitoring on VLT................................................................................................................................................ 809
VLT Non-fail over Scenario.....................................................................................................................................809
VLT Fail-over Scenario.............................................................................................................................................810
RPM over VLT Scenarios........................................................................................................................................ 810
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