Setup Guide

Troubleshooting a Port Extender................................................................................................................................. 769
Supported Features.......................................................................................................................................................769
Dual Homing................................................................................................................................................................... 770
Conguration Terminal Batch Mode.......................................................................................................................771
Setting up Dual Homing........................................................................................................................................... 771
Upgrading to OS 9.10(0.0)...................................................................................................................................... 776
Upgrading from OS 9.10(0.0)...................................................................................................................................781
Supported Features on Dual Homing.................................................................................................................... 783
CLIs Supported on Primary VLT Node.................................................................................................................. 784
42 Port Extender (PE) Stacking................................................................................................................... 785
Stack Management Roles.............................................................................................................................................785
Stack Master Election................................................................................................................................................... 786
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................786
PE Stack Conguration................................................................................................................................................. 787
Conguring a PE Stack........................................................................................................................................... 787
Adding a Unit to an Existing PE Stack.................................................................................................................. 789
Renumbering a Stack Unit......................................................................................................................................789
Prioritizing Stack Units............................................................................................................................................790
Managing PE Stack Redundancy.......................................................................................................................... 790
Removing a Unit from a PE Stack..........................................................................................................................791
Verifying a PE Stack Master and Standby............................................................................................................792
Displaying PE Stack Information............................................................................................................................ 792
Conguring the Unused PE Uplink Ports as Front-End Ports..................................................................................794
Conguring Uplink Ports as Access Ports............................................................................................................ 796
Reverting the Access Port to Uplink Port.............................................................................................................797
Locating the Port Extender ......................................................................................................................................... 797
Troubleshooting a PE Stack..........................................................................................................................................798
Diagnosing an Error Condition................................................................................................................................798
Using PE Console Commands................................................................................................................................798
Splitting a Daisy-Chained PE Stack.......................................................................................................................798
43 Port Monitoring....................................................................................................................................... 799
Port Monitoring..............................................................................................................................................................799
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 800
Examples of Port Monitoring................................................................................................................................. 800
Conguring Port Monitoring .................................................................................................................................. 801
Remote Port Mirroring.................................................................................................................................................. 803
Remote Port Mirroring Example............................................................................................................................ 804
Conguring Remote Port Mirroring.......................................................................................................................804
Displaying a Remote-Port Mirroring Conguration............................................................................................. 806
Conguring Remote Port Monitoring....................................................................................................................806
Encapsulated Remote-Port Monitoring......................................................................................................................809
Port Monitoring on VLT.................................................................................................................................................. 811
VLT Non-fail over Scenario...................................................................................................................................... 811
VLT Fail-over Scenario.............................................................................................................................................812
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