API Guide

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Associating the VLT LAG or VLT VLAN in a PVLAN
1. Access INTERFACE mode for the port that you want to assign to a PVLAN.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface interface
2. Enable the port.
INTERFACE mode
no shutdown
3. Set the port in Layer 2 mode.
INTERFACE mode
switchport
4. Select the PVLAN mode.
INTERFACE mode
switchport mode private-vlan {host | promiscuous | trunk}
host (isolated or community VLAN port)
promiscuous (intra-VLAN communication port)
trunk (inter-switch PVLAN hub port)
5. Access INTERFACE VLAN mode for the VLAN to which you want to assign the PVLAN interfaces.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface vlan vlan-id
6. Enable the VLAN.
INTERFACE VLAN mode
no shutdown
7. To obtain maximum VLT resiliency, configure the PVLAN IDs and mappings to be identical on both the VLT peer nodes. Set
the PVLAN mode of the selected VLAN to primary.
INTERFACE VLAN mode
private-vlan mode primary
8. Map secondary VLANs to the selected primary VLAN.
INTERFACE VLAN mode
private-vlan mapping secondary-vlan vlan-list
The list of secondary VLANs can be:
Specified in comma-delimited (VLAN-ID,VLAN-ID) or hyphenated-range format (VLAN-ID-VLAN-ID).
Specified with this command even before they have been created.
Amended by specifying the new secondary VLAN to be added to the list.
Proxy ARP Capability on VLT Peer Nodes
The proxy ARP functionality is supported on VLT peer nodes.
A proxy ARP-enabled device answers the ARP requests that are destined for the other router in a VLT domain. The local host
forwards the traffic to the proxy ARP-enabled device, which in turn transmits the packets to the destination.
By default, proxy ARP is enabled. To disable proxy ARP, use the no proxy-arp command in Interface mode. To re-enable
proxy ARP, use the ip proxy-arp command in Interface mode. To view if proxy ARP is enabled on the interface, use the
show config command in INTERFACE mode. If it is not listed in the show config command output, it is enabled. Only
nondefault information displays in the show config command output.
An ARP proxy operation is performed on the VLT peer node IP address when the peer VLT node is down. The ARP proxy stops
working either when the peer routing timer expires or when the peer VLT node goes up. Layer 3 VLT provides a higher resiliency
at the Layer 3 forwarding level. VLT peer routing allows you to replace VRRP with routed VLT to route the traffic from Layer 2
access nodes. With proxy ARP, hosts can resolve the MAC address of the VLT node even when VLT node is down.
If the ICL link is down when a VLT node receives an ARP request for the IP address of the VLT peer, owing to LAG-level hashing
algorithm in the top-of-rack (ToR) switch, the incorrect VLT node responds to the ARP request with the peer MAC address.
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Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)