Users Guide

15 Flex Hash and Optimized Boot-Up............................................................................................................303
Flex Hash Capability Overview.....................................................................................................................................303
Conguring the Flex Hash Mechanism.......................................................................................................................303
Conguring Fast Boot and LACP Fast Switchover...................................................................................................304
Optimizing the Boot Time.............................................................................................................................................304
Booting Process When Optimized Boot Time Mechanism is Enabled..............................................................304
Guidelines for Conguring Optimized Booting Mechanism................................................................................305
Interoperation of Applications with Fast Boot and System States..........................................................................306
LACP and IPv4 Routing..........................................................................................................................................306
LACP and IPv6 Routing..........................................................................................................................................306
BGP Graceful Restart..............................................................................................................................................307
Cold Boot Caused by Power Cycling the System................................................................................................307
Unexpected Reload of the System........................................................................................................................307
Software Upgrade....................................................................................................................................................307
LACP Fast Switchover............................................................................................................................................307
Changes to BGP Multipath.................................................................................................................................... 308
Delayed Installation of ECMP Routes Into BGP...................................................................................................308
RDMA Over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Overview............................................................................................... 308
Preserving 802.1Q VLAN Tag Value for Lite Subinterfaces......................................................................................309
16 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)....................................................................................................310
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................310
Ring Status.................................................................................................................................................................311
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................. 311
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................312
Important FRRP Concepts......................................................................................................................................313
Implementing FRRP....................................................................................................................................................... 314
FRRP Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 314
Creating the FRRP Group....................................................................................................................................... 314
Conguring the Control VLAN................................................................................................................................314
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs....................................................................................................... 316
Setting the FRRP Timers.........................................................................................................................................317
Clearing the FRRP Counters...................................................................................................................................317
Viewing the FRRP Conguration............................................................................................................................317
Viewing the FRRP Information................................................................................................................................317
Troubleshooting FRRP................................................................................................................................................... 318
Conguration Checks...............................................................................................................................................318
Sample Conguration and Topology.............................................................................................................................318
17 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)..............................................................................................320
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................... 320
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................. 321
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................321
Enabling GVRP Globally.................................................................................................................................................321
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface........................................................................................................................322
Congure GVRP Registration.......................................................................................................................................322
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