Setup Guide

Table Of Contents
Enabling an SNMP Agent to Notify Syslog Server Failure....................................................................................790
Troubleshooting SNMP Operation...............................................................................................................................791
Transceiver Monitoring.................................................................................................................................................. 791
Configuring SNMP context name............................................................................................................................... 792
Chapter 49: Stacking.................................................................................................................794
Stacking Overview..........................................................................................................................................................794
Stack Management Roles....................................................................................................................................... 794
Stack Master Election..............................................................................................................................................795
Virtual IP......................................................................................................................................................................795
Failover Roles............................................................................................................................................................. 795
MAC Addressing on Stacks.................................................................................................................................... 795
Stacking LAG..............................................................................................................................................................797
Supported Stacking Topologies............................................................................................................................. 797
High Availability on Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 797
Management Access on Stacks.............................................................................................................................798
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................... 799
Stacking Installation Tasks............................................................................................................................................799
Create a Stack........................................................................................................................................................... 799
Add Units to an Existing Stack.............................................................................................................................. 803
Split a Stack............................................................................................................................................................... 805
Stacking Configuration Tasks......................................................................................................................................805
Assigning Unit Numbers to Units in an Stack.................................................................................................... 805
Creating a Virtual Stack Unit on a Stack............................................................................................................ 806
Displaying Information about a Stack...................................................................................................................806
Influencing Management Unit Selection on a Stack.........................................................................................807
Managing Redundancy on a Stack........................................................................................................................808
Resetting a Unit on a Stack....................................................................................................................................808
Verify a Stack Configuration........................................................................................................................................808
Displaying the Status of Stacking Ports..............................................................................................................808
Remove Units or Front End Ports from a Stack...................................................................................................... 810
Removing a Unit from a Stack................................................................................................................................810
Removing Front End Port Stacking....................................................................................................................... 811
Troubleshoot a Stack.......................................................................................................................................................811
Recover from Stack Link Flaps............................................................................................................................... 811
Recover from a Card Problem State on a Stack................................................................................................812
Chapter 50: Storm Control.........................................................................................................813
Configure Storm Control............................................................................................................................................... 813
Configuring Storm Control from INTERFACE Mode.........................................................................................813
Configuring Storm Control from CONFIGURATION Mode............................................................................. 814
Chapter 51: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)................................................................................ 815
Protocol Overview...........................................................................................................................................................815
Configure Spanning Tree............................................................................................................................................... 815
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................816
Configuring Interfaces for Layer 2 Mode...................................................................................................................817
Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol Globally................................................................................................................. 818
Adding an Interface to the Spanning Tree Group....................................................................................................819
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