Configuration Guide

Table Of Contents
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October 2021
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Desired
Deployment
Model
Needed
Rear-port
Mode
SMLT
(IST)
Needed
SPB
enabled
Virtual Servers
(e.g. ESX) NIC
teaming
Server NIC
teaming
(LACP)
Minimum
Required
Software
vToR
FI Stacking
Disabled
(= Stacking
enabled)
No Can be Yes – Vport
hashing on non-
SLT ports
Yes – On
DMLT ports
(with or
without LACP)
10.1.0
(10.3.0 if need
to run SPB on
uplinks)
dToR
FI Stacking
with SMLT
Disabled
(= Stacking
enabled)
Yes Can be Yes – Vport
hashing on non-
SLT ports
- OR -
IP hashing on
SLT ports
Yes – On SLT
ports (with or
without LACP)
10.2.0
(10.3.0 if need
to run SPB on
uplinks & IST)
FI Mesh
with SMLT
Enabled in
raw mode
Yes No Yes – Vport
hashing on non-
SLT ports
- OR -
IP hashing on
SLT ports
Yes – On SLT
ports (with or
without LACP)
10.2.0
SPB Mesh Enabled in
SPBM
mode
No Yes Yes – Vport
hashing on non-
SLT ports
No – Use
Active Standby
NICs
10.2.0
SPB Mesh
with SMLT
Enabled in
SPBM
mode
Yes Yes Yes – Vport
hashing on non-
SLT ports
- OR -
IP hashing on
SLT ports
Yes – On SLT
ports (with or
without LACP)
10.3.0
Table 8: VSP 7000 Rear Port Mode
In Fabric Interconnecting Stacking, with SPB enabled, 10.2.1 supports a maximum stack of 2; in
the 10.3 release, a stack of 8 is supported. SMLT or IST over rear port Raw-mode is supported
starting in release 10.2.1, however, SPB is not supported in rear port Raw-mode. LACP must be
disabled on the rear ports prior to enabling an IST on them. In rear port SPB mode, IP routing
cannot be enabled and the total number of rear ports is reduced by one - the switch uses port 40
as loopback when rear port SPB is enabled; please see section 9 for rear port numbering.