HP Virtual Connect 1Gb Ethernet Cookbook

Scenario 5 – VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with a Shared Uplink Set (SUS) with Link Aggregation using LACP (802.3ad) –
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depending on how the NICs are configured at the server (teamed or unteamed), even a VC module.
However, only one uplink pair will be active at a time.
Note: Smart Link – In this configuration Smartlink should NOT be enabled. Smartlink is used to
turn off downlink ports within Virtual Connect network, if ALL available uplinks to that network
are down.
Defining a new Shared Uplink Set via CLI
#Create Shared Uplink Set "VLAN-Trunk" and configure uplinks 1 and 2 from each VC-F module
add uplinkset VLAN-Trunk
add uplinkport enc0:1:1 Uplinkset=VLAN-Trunk speed=auto
add uplinkport enc0:1:2 Uplinkset=VLAN-Trunk speed=auto
add uplinkport enc0:2:1 Uplinkset=VLAN-Trunk speed=auto
add uplinkport enc0:2:2 Uplinkset=VLAN-Trunk speed=auto
# Create Networks VLAN-1, 102-105 and 2101-2150 for Shared Uplink Set "VLAN-TRUNK"
add network VLAN-101 uplinkset=VLAN-Trunk VLanID=101 NativeVLAN=Enabled
Set Network VLAN-101 SmartLink=disabled
add network-range -quiet UplinkSet=VLAN-Trunk NamePrefix=VLAN- NameSuffix=
VLANIds=1,102-105,2101-2150 State=enabled PrefSpeedType=auto SmartLink=disabled
Figure 57 - Define Shared Uplink Set VLAN-Trunk and VLANs.