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Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Platform and Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide User Manual

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Metro Ring Protocol configuration.......................................................85
Metro Ring Protocol diagnostics......................................................... 87
Displaying MRP information................................................................88
MRP CLI example............................................................................... 91

VSRP.............................................................................................................. 93

VSRP configuration notes and feature limitations...............................95
Layer 2 and Layer 3 redundancy........................................................ 95
Master election and failover................................................................ 95
VSRP-aware security features.......................................................... 100
VSRP parameters............................................................................. 100
Configuring basic VSRP parameters................................................ 104
Configuring optional VSRP parameters............................................ 104
Displaying VSRP information............................................................ 113
VSRP fast start..................................................................................116
VSRP and MRP signaling................................................................. 117

UDLD and Protected Link Groups...........................................................................................121

Supported UDLD and protected link group features..................................... 121
UDLD overview............................................................................................. 121

UDLD for tagged ports...................................................................... 122
Configuration notes and feature limitations for UDLD.......................122
Enabling UDLD................................................................................. 123
Enabling UDLD for tagged ports....................................................... 123
Changing the Keepalive interval....................................................... 124
Changing the Keepalive retries......................................................... 124
Displaying UDLD information............................................................ 124
Clearing UDLD statistics................................................................... 126

Protected link groups.................................................................................... 127

About active ports............................................................................. 127
Using UDLD with protected link groups............................................ 127
UDLD with protected link groups configuration notes....................... 127
Creating a protected link group and assigning an active port........... 128

Link Aggregation...................................................................................................................131

Supported link aggregation features............................................................. 131
Overview of link aggregation.........................................................................132
LAG formation rules...................................................................................... 132
Configuration notes for FastIron devices in a traditional stack......................134
Maximum number of LAGs........................................................................... 135
Migrating from a previous release to 08.0.00a LAG or LACP configuration. 136
Downgrade considerations............................................................................137
LAG Load Sharing.........................................................................................137
LAG hashing on stacking products .............................................................. 139

Removing Layer 2 information from LAG hash output...................... 139

Configuring a LAG.........................................................................................139

Creating a Link Aggregation Group (LAG)........................................ 140
Creating a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) using the LAG ID option.140

Deploying a LAG........................................................................................... 144

Commands available under LAG once it is deployed....................... 145
Disabling ports within a LAG............................................................. 145
Enabling ports within a LAG..............................................................145
Adding a Port to Currently Deployed LAG........................................ 146
Deleting a Port from a Currently Deployed LAG............................... 146
Monitoring an individual LAG port..................................................... 147
Assigning a name to a port within a LAG.......................................... 147
Enabling sFlow forwarding on a port in a LAG..................................148

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