Users Guide

Description Behavior at Peer Up Behavior During Run Time Action to Take
commands to view the VLT port
channel status information.
Spanning tree mismatch at
global level
All VLT port channels go down
on both VLT peers. A syslog
error message is generated.
No trac is passed on the port
channels.
A one-time informational syslog
message is generated.
During run time, a loop may
occur as long as the mismatch
lasts.
To resolve, enable RSTP on both
VLT peers.
Spanning tree mismatch at port
level
A syslog error message is
generated.
A one-time informational syslog
message is generated.
Correct the spanning tree
conguration on the ports.
System MAC mismatch A syslog error message and an
SNMP trap are generated.
A syslog error message and an
SNMP trap are generated.
Verify that the unit ID of VLT
peers is not the same on both
units and that the MAC address
is the same on both units.
Unit ID mismatch
The VLT peer does not boot up.
The VLTi is forced to a down
state.
A syslog error message is
generated.
The VLT peer does not boot up.
The VLTi is forced to a down
state.
A syslog error message is
generated.
Verify the unit ID is correct on
both VLT peers. Unit ID numbers
must be sequential on peer units;
for example, if Peer 1 is unit ID
“0”, Peer 2 unit ID must be “1’.
Version ID mismatch A syslog error message and an
SNMP trap are generated.
A syslog error message and an
SNMP trap are generated.
Verify the Dell Networking OS
software versions on the VLT
peers is compatible. For more
information, refer to the Release
Notes for this release.
VLT LAG ID is not congured on
one VLT peer
A syslog error message is
generated. The peer with the
VLT congured remains active.
A syslog error message is
generated. The peer with the
VLT congured remains active.
Verify the VLT LAG ID is
congured correctly on both VLT
peers.
VLT LAG ID mismatch
The VLT port channel is brought
down.
A syslog error message is
generated.
The VLT port channel is brought
down.
A syslog error message is
generated.
Perform a mismatch check after
the VLT peer is established.
Reconguring Stacked Switches as VLT
To convert switches that have been stacked to VLT peers, use the following procedure.
1 Remove the current conguration from the switches. You will need to split the conguration up for each switch.
2 Copy the les to the ash memory of the appropriate switch.
3 Copy the les on the ash drive to the startup-cong.
4 Reset the stacking ports to user ports for both switches.
5 Reload the stack and conrm the new congurations have been applied.
6 On the Secondary switch (stack-unit1), enter the command stack-unit1 renumber 0.
7 Conrm the reload query.
8 After reloading, conrm that VLT is enabled.
9 Conrm that the management ports are interconnected or connected to a switch that can transfer Heartbeat information.
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